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We asked our HAI/AR pilot project sites to reflect on their experiences and lessons learned since joining our project. Here is what...
Aug 25, 2023
Apr 07, 2023 | Kristen Ross, Jaclyn Abramson
In this webinar, attendees had the opportunity to learn about the Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections...
Jan 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty
HAI/AR Rural, Frontier, and Small LHDs Blog 4 of 6 Series
Oct 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young
NACCHO recognizes Stephanie R. Black, MD, MSc as its latest Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. Dr. Black serves as the...
Jul 09, 2021 | Zachary Smith
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens (CORHA), which includes...
May 25, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
NACCHO has announced that Dr. Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program...
Mar 03, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
CORHA has released a new resource, two draft chapters from the High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections...
Jan 25, 2021 | Christina Baum
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens recently developed COVID-19...
Aug 03, 2020 | Erin Laird
We asked our HAI/AR pilot project sites to reflect on their experiences and lessons learned since joining our project. Here is what one of our sites, Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, shared with us.
In this webinar, attendees had the opportunity to learn about the Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens (AR), or CORHA, and resources available to them through the Council. The presentation included an overview of the updated CDC Containment of Novel/Emerging Pathogens Guidance, as well as feature a local health department’s...
NACCHO recognizes Stephanie R. Black, MD, MSc as its latest Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. Dr. Black serves as the Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Program at the Chicago Department of Public Health. IPC Champions like Dr. Black are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about infection prevention and control. They work at local health departments and advance infection...
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens (CORHA), which includes representatives from local health departments on behalf of NACCHO, has released two draft chapters of the CORHA High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens.
NACCHO has announced that Dr. Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program within the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) has been selected as a NACCHO Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. NACCHO's new IPC Champion recognition highlights the IPC achievements of local health departments and honors the staff...
CORHA has released a new resource, two draft chapters from the High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens.
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens recently developed COVID-19 outbreak definitions for acute care settings and long-term care facilities.
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