ASTHO works with stakeholders to support state health agencies in decreasing and preventing health care-associated infections (HAIs) by addressing priorities at the state and regional levels. ASTHO also maintains situational awareness of HAI-related policies and initiatives, shares this information with our members, and represents the state health agency perspective.
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Partner Coordination Efforts to Strengthen Infection Prevention and Control Practices
This report covers strategies for mitigating the spread of infections in health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges the pandemic posed to staffing, personal protective equipment, and capacity.
Considerations for State Health Care-Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Outbreak Reporting Policies (PDF)
ASTHO formulated recommendations for crafting or maintaining more effective health care-associated infection/antimicrobial resistance (HAI/AR) reporting policies, following interviews with nine state health care-associated infection coordinators.
Tips For Engaging Policymakers To Advance State HAI Prevention Policy Initiatives (PDF)
This guide provides strategies for working with stakeholders to advance policy initiatives that can improve patient safety, and profiles the experience of two states — New Jersey and Tennessee — that successfully advanced HAI prevention policy initiatives.
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Tennessee Partners with Dialysis Facilities to Strengthen Infection Prevention
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From the Chief Medical Officer: Preventing Respiratory Disease Spread with Less Authority, More Influence
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Enhancing Dialysis Safety: Voices from the Making Dialysis Safer Coalition
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How Can Health Agencies Support HAI/AR Staff Recruitment and Retention?
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How Can Health Agencies Support HAI/AR Program Alignment and Structure Reassessment?
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States and Territories Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control Policies
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Eight Ways Health Department Leaders Can Support Effective HAI/AR Programs
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Partner Coordination Efforts to Strengthen Infection Prevention and Control Practices
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The Council for Outbreak Response and Healthcare-Associated Infections: ASTHO, along with the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists, convenes public health and health care stakeholders and partners to improve practices and policies at the local, state, and national levels for the investigation, control, and prevention of health care-associated infection/antimicrobial resistance outbreaks across the health care continuum.