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...
This document provides recommendations for healthcare outbreak response for Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI). Topics include outbreak detection and reporting, investigation and control, and a variety of helpful resources. Resource Link: CORHA CDI...
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 at the Texas Department of State Health Services The...
