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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2018 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI)...
Nov 06, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
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
Earlier this week, the United States celebrated the success of The AMR Challenge during the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Sep 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO is pleased to announce the release of two fact sheets highlighting the role of local health departments (LHDs) in combating...
Sep 05, 2019 | Christina Baum
Essential hospitals, sometimes referred to as “safety net hospitals,” play a vital role in improving access to quality healthcare in...
Aug 15, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying...
Aug 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Over the last eight years, this health observance has...
Jul 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead...
Jun 20, 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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2018 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Progress Report, a snapshot of how each state and the country are doing in eliminating HAIs, showing significant progress nationally in reducing several hospital-acquired infections and highlighting that prevention of these infections is possible. Using data from CDC’s...
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.
Earlier this week, the United States celebrated the success of The AMR Challenge during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Launched in September 2018, the Challenge received nearly 350 commitments from 33 countries to implement specific actions to combat antibiotic resistance (also known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR).
NACCHO is pleased to announce the release of two fact sheets highlighting the role of local health departments (LHDs) in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and supporting antimicrobial stewardship.
Essential hospitals, sometimes referred to as “safety net hospitals,” play a vital role in improving access to quality healthcare in communities across the United States. Combating antimicrobial resistance, through implementing antimicrobial stewardship practices, is an important component of protecting patient safety which can save time, money, and lives. As conveners and chief health...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its public health partners in all 50 states are tracking and classifying foodborne illness in a new way, using advanced technology called whole genome sequencing (WGS) to detect and stop outbreaks and combat drug-resistant bacteria. PulseNet, the national network of laboratories that detects outbreaks of foodborne […]
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 […]
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead and support the containment of novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). To explore this role, NACCHO hosted a webinar to share the experiences of three LHDs who have been affected by containment events. Learning […]
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...
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