State Health Departments
Health departments have the ability to work with many types of healthcare facilities, and therefore have a unique opportunity to develop, coordinate, and implement comprehensive local and regional prevention strategies in their state or area.
State Health Departments Should:
- Understand the prevalence or incidence of CRE in their jurisdiction by performing some form of regional surveillance for these organisms.
- Increase awareness among health care facilities of the regional prevalence of CRE.
- Provide a standardized form [PDF - 176 KB] for facilities to use during patient transfers, especially between hospitals and long-term care facilities.
- Include a range of facility types when developing regional CRE prevention projects.
- Be a resource for health care facilities on appropriate infection prevention measures
Ideally for CRE, state health departments would take the lead and coordinate with local health departments. However, depending on the region targeted, prevention strategies may also require coordination between states.
Tools
Collaboration Primer
Guidelines
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings, 2007
- Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings, 2006
More Resources
- Example of a Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Survey for Administering to Acute Care and Long-term Acute Care Facilities
- Inter-facility Infection Control Transfer Form [PDF - 176 KB]
State Success
Many states are showing impressive progress in reducing HAIs.
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