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Spotlight Series

CORHA's Spotlight Series looks at the successes and challenges experienced on the local, state, and national levels when responding to and managing HAI/AR outbreaks across the healthcare continuum. Featured stories also include leadership perspectives of key individuals to improve policies and practices for the detection, investigation, control, and prevention of HAI/AR outbreaks from members of the CORHA Governance Committee.

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Lisa Hannah, 2022 McKnight Prize for Healthcare Outbreak Heroes Recipient

Posted: March 20, 2023 Lisa Hannah, RN, CIC, is the Infection Prevention Team Supervisor at the Washington State Department of Health. Her infection prevention and control work during the...… Read More »

Local: LTCF Vaccine Education Program Vital to Chicago’s COVID-19 Outbreak Response Effort

Posted: July 22, 2021 Authors: Shannon Xydis, Projects Administrator, HAI Coordinator, Chicago Department of Public Health; Liz Shane, MPH, CIC. Infection Prevention Specialist, Chicago Department of Public Health, and Christy...… Read More »

November 2022 Fall Meeting Recap

Posted: December 15, 2022 In early November 2022, after almost three years of virtual meetings, council representatives and workgroup members convened in Atlanta, GA for the hybrid CORHA Fall...… Read More »

November 2023 Fall Meeting Recap

Posted: December 14, 2023 CORHA members and partners convened in Atlanta, GA for the annual hybrid CORHA Fall Meeting. Council members engaged in two days of meeting discussions that...… Read More »

State: How the Texas State Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program Increased Capacity in Public Health Regions to Support Healthcare Facilities During the COVID-19 Response

Posted: May 19, 2021 Authors: Dr. Enyinnaya Merengwa, Healthcare Safety Investigations Group Manager and State HAI Coordinator at the Texas Department of State Health Services and Thi Dang, HAI Epidemiologist...… Read More »

State: Montana Leverages Partnerships to Manage COVID-19 Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities

Posted: April 29, 2021 Author: Erika Baldry, Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Epidemiologist and Program Coordinator at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Montana,...… Read More »

The Importance of Patient Notification and CORHA’s HAI Outbreak Notification Framework (Part 1)

The Importance of Patient Notification and CORHA’s HAI Outbreak Notification Framework (Part 2)

Part Two: CORHA’s New HAI Outbreak Notification Framework Posted: June 16, 2022 Authors: Maureen Tierney, MD, MSc., FIDSA, Moon Kim, MD, MPH, & Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH In...… Read More »

Disclaimer: The positions and views expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent the official positions of CORHA’s member organizations.