The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
NACCHO recognized Monterey County's Food Safety Conference as a 2019 Model Practice. Applications for 2020 Model Practices are open...
Nov 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
When a novel or targeted multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) or resistance mechanism is identified, local public health must act...
Oct 24, 2019 | Christina Baum
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching a national hand hygiene campaign—Life is Better with Clean Hands.
Oct 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Individuals infected with hepatitis A who work in food establishments can spread it to customers and other employees. Although...
Sep 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC and STRIVE are pleased to announce the launch of the first two of 11 new infection control training courses, Hand Hygiene and...
Jul 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and...
May 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16...
Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO recognized Monterey County's Food Safety Conference as a 2019 Model Practice. Applications for 2020 Model Practices are open until Dec. 30, 2019. Learn more.
When a novel or targeted multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) or resistance mechanism is identified, local public health must act quickly to prevent its spread, implementing CDC’s Containment Strategy.
Individuals infected with hepatitis A who work in food establishments can spread it to customers and other employees. Although foodborne outbreaks of hepatitis A are uncommon, they can require intensive and costly public health efforts to control.
CDC and STRIVE are pleased to announce the launch of the first two of 11 new infection control training courses, Hand Hygiene and Competency-Based Training. These courses are part of the new States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) curriculum intended for the infection prevention team, hospital leaders, clinical educators, nurse and physician managers, […]
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed industry to help reduce food safety hazards in the production of seed used for sprouting. Between January 1996 and August 2018, contaminated sprouts were associated with 50 outbreaks, which together resulted in more […]
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported three hepatitis A virus outbreaks and one norovirus outbreak linked to frozen berries in the United States from 1997 to 2016. The FDA began sampling frozen berries for each hazard as […]
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16 state and local public health departments reported 404 of these kinds of outbreaks to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). Most of the outbreaks were of viral illnesses, such as norovirus. This is […]
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]
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