HAI Resources

Page last updated 7/1/2024.

For more information about Healthcare-Associated Infections and related subjects please see the following resource links:

• Local
• State
• National
• General

LOCAL

• Epidemiology Unit
• Immunizations Unit
• COVID-19
• Monkeypox (MPOX)
• Tuberculosis Control Program
• Transmission Based Precautions

STATE

• All Facilities Letters (AFLs)
• California Department of Public Health (CDPH) HAI Program
• California Immunization Registry (CAIR2)
• Detecting and Controlling Outbreaks
• Health Services Advisory Group/ CDPH Infection Prevention (IP) Webinars
• Monitoring Adherence to Health Care Practices that Prevent Infection
• Preventing the Most Common HAI
• Project Firstline
• Skilled Nursing Facility Antibiotic Stewardship Program Implementation Toolkit

NATIONAL

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HAI
• CDC HAI Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 PDF
• Diseases and Organisms in Health Care Settings
• Disinfection and Sterilization
• General Infection Control Guidelines
• Types of HAIs
  • Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
    • Reducing Bloodstream Infections PDF
    • Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection PDF
    • Checklist for Prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections PDF
  • Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
    • Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections PDF
  • Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
  • Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
• Preventing HAI

GENERAL

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)—Associated Infections Programs
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services HAI National Action Plan

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For more information, contact the San Diego HAI program through our contact form, via e-mail at phs.hai.hhsa@sdcounty.ca.gov, or call the Epidemiology Unit at (619) 692-8499.