The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
HAI/AR Rural, Frontier, and Small LHDs Blog 3 of 6 Series
Oct 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young
HAI/AR Rural, Frontier, and Small LHDs Blog 2 of 6 Series
HAI/AR Rural, Frontier, and Small LHDs Blog 1 of 6 Series
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Association (SHEA), and the Pediatric...
Sep 23, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
September is Sepsis Awareness Month and CDC encourages its partners, patients, and healthcare professionals to share how sepsis can be...
Sep 07, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to highlight the LHD’s lessons learned, best practices,...
Jul 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young
NACCHO, in partnership with the CDC, has compiled resources to enhance the capacity of local health department staff to address unique...
Jun 01, 2022 | Erin Laird, Kimberly Nalley
This year's theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing that we can add to a facility's climate or culture of...
May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
NACCHO will award up to $100,000 for a consultant, or consulting firm, to assist NACCHO with the development, implementation, and...
Apr 21, 2022 | Erin Laird
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Association (SHEA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) are pleased to announce the Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship Award for the 2023–2024 academic year.
September is Sepsis Awareness Month and CDC encourages its partners, patients, and healthcare professionals to share how sepsis can be prevented. Get Ahead of Sepsis is a national educational effort that emphasizes the importance of early recognition, timely treatment, reassessment of antibiotic needs, and prevention of infections.
This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to highlight the LHD’s lessons learned, best practices, tools developed, and provide associated resources to prevent and respond to COVID-19 in various high-risk settings for others to consider in their capacity building efforts.
NACCHO, in partnership with the CDC, has compiled resources to enhance the capacity of local health department staff to address unique needs in a range of high-risk facility types.
This year's theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing that we can add to a facility's climate or culture of safety and quality through cleaning our hands but also that a strong quality and safety culture will encourage people to clean hands at the right times and with the right products.
NACCHO will award up to $100,000 for a consultant, or consulting firm, to assist NACCHO with the development, implementation, and analysis of an assessment to identify the essential (i.e. “soft”) skills training needs of LHD staff engaged in infection prevention and control (IPC) activities. The selected consultant will work collaboratively with NACCHO, developing assessment tools, collecting...
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma
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The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...
Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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