Webinar: Multistate Tuberculosis Outbreak Related to Bone Allograft: Potential Exposures and Contact Investigation Updates Join the CDC for updates on the ongoing investigation of tuberculosis (TB) affecting patients who had spinal surgery involving a contaminated...
This updated document outlines recommended practices for healthcare outbreak response for Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infections associated with high mortality. Topics include outbreak detection and...
Posted: August 5, 2021 Author: David Gifford, MD, MPH My work over the past 20 years has focused on how to improve the healthcare system to ultimately improve healthcare outcomes. In pursuit of this life goal, I have worked with numerous agencies in furthering...
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 Zelinski, MPH, Project Manager and...
The thresholds and outbreak definitions presented below are based on available scientific resources and expert opinion and intended only as guidance for potential adaptation to the local epidemiology of influenza; for example, states and localities may have their own...
