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The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens (AR) works to improve practices and policies at the local, state, and national levels for the detection, investigation, control, and prevention of HAI/AR outbreaks across the healthcare continuum.
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Prolonged outbreak of clonal, mupirocin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit: association with personnel and a possible environmental reservoir, analyzed using whole genome sequencing
SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Investigation in a Hospital Emergency Department — California, December 2020 – January 2021
Outbreak investigation of CRAB at an acute-care hospital ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic–Chicago, Illinois, March 2020–September 2021
This article summarizes the outbreak investigation findings and infection control recommendations from an increase in CRAB infections in a 20-bed ICU at an acute-care hospital in Chicago (hospital A) during the initial COVID-19 surge. In response to the CRAB outbreak...
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