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Patient Notification

Outbreak response often requires communication to at-risk individuals or groups

Resources providing guidance and justification for notification
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Last updated: August 01, 2022
Published: August 24, 2026

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Investigations involving infection control errors, HAI clusters or outbreaks often require communication to at-risk individuals or groups.

Resources, Guides, Reports, & Toolkits

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Framework for Healthcare-Associated Infection Outbreak Notification

Guidance for notification in the context of a possible HAI/AR outbreak.

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CORHA Notification Framework One-Pager

Condensed version of the CORHA notification framework.

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Patient Notification Toolkit

 By CDC

Resources and advice for health departments & healthcare facilities when conducting a large scale patient notification.

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Chapter 8: Notification and Communication (CORHA P&P)

This chapter describes the rationale and “who/what/how/when” for notification of patients and other stakeholders, along with information on risk communication principles and strategies.

Principles & Practices

Comprehensive information to build, standardize or improve practices related to HAI/AR outbreak detection, reporting, investigation, or control.

Patient Notification Outbreak Reports & News