The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
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
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting comments from the public on antimicrobial drug use practices in companion...
Feb 25, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
Kick off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) with NACCHO as a partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Nov 18, 2021 | Jaclyn Abramson
Sepsis is a medical emergency and its symptoms must be treated rapidly to reduce the risk of death. In honor of #SepsisAwarenessMonth,...
Sep 13, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
Hosted in December 2019 by Sepsis Alliance, this webinar presented an overview of antibiotic stewardship and recent research regarding...
Jan 15, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Sepsis is the body’s life-threatening response to infection that affects 1.7 million people and takes 270,000 lives annually in the...
Aug 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Over the last eight years, this health observance has...
Jul 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) leads CDC’s work to combat antibiotic resistance, prevent healthcare-associated...
Jun 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Recently, in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
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.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting comments from the public on antimicrobial drug use practices in companion animals and the potential impacts of such uses on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in both humans and animals.
Kick off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) with NACCHO as a partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, Nov 18 through Nov 24!
Sepsis is a medical emergency and its symptoms must be treated rapidly to reduce the risk of death. In honor of #SepsisAwarenessMonth, the Sepsis Alliance is encouraging everyone to learn the signs of sepsis. Learn more and find resources to share with your community.
Hosted in December 2019 by Sepsis Alliance, this webinar presented an overview of antibiotic stewardship and recent research regarding antibiotic treatments and sepsis care. Speakers discussed strategies to prevent antibiotic resistance and provide optimal care for sepsis patients; presented the latest CDC guidance and new research on antibiotic stewardship, and shared antibiotic stewardship...
Sepsis is the body’s life-threatening response to infection that affects 1.7 million people and takes 270,000 lives annually in the United States. In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Sepsis Alliance created a Sepsis AwarenessToolkit to help organizations educate healthcare providers and community members about the signs and symptoms of sepsis. NACCHO and...
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Over the last eight years, this health observance has increased sepsis awareness in the United States from 42% to 65%. Despite these great strides, sepsis remains a public health crisis, taking a life every two minutes. Sepsis takes more lives than opioid overdoses, breast cancer, and prostate […]
The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) leads CDC’s work to combat antibiotic resistance, prevent healthcare-associated infections, detect and respond to outbreaks in healthcare settings, and provide actionable data to improve patient safety and care delivery. Below are some helpful resources and reports related to these issues: New Adult Sepsis Surveillance Toolkit: CDC’s Hospital...
Recently, in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that antibiotics are the leading cause of emergency department (ED) visits for adverse drug events in children. Antibiotics save lives and are critical tools for treating infections, like those that can lead to sepsis, but […]
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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