Georgia Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Program

Resources for Healthcare Professionals and the Public

Resources

• CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
• HICPAC General Guidelines and Publications
• Association of Professionals in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology (APIC)
• Georgia APIC Chapter
• The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America (SHEA)
• Vaccination Action Coalition
• OSHA Healthcare Advisor
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• SHEA Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals
• CDC Influenza Infection Control and Isolation Precautions

Prevention Collaboratives in Georgia

• Georgia Hospital Engagement Network (HEN)
• ON THE CUSP: Stop BSI
• ON THE CUSP: Stop CAUTI
• ON THE CUSP: Stop HAI

Toolkits to Prevent HAIs

• Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections in Non-ICU
• Surgical Site Infections
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Clostridium difficile
• Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)

Information for Patients

• Where You Can Go To Get More Information

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web Site provides current information on:

  • What hospitals are doing to prevent infections
  • What you can do to help prevent an infection
  • What you need to do when you go home from the hospital

   Click on a link below to find out more information from CDC:

  • Surgical Site Infections
  • Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections
  • Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
  • MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
  • Dialysis Safety
  • Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  • Patient Guides on Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • Vaccine Information for the public