HAI Resources for Healthcare Workers

General Infection Prevention Resources

Prevention Collaborative in Georgia

States targeting Reduction in Infection Via Engagement (STRIVE)

► Toolkits

Acute Care Hospitals

SHEA Compendium of strategies to Prevent HAI in Acute Care Hospitals
- Strategies to Prevent HAI in Acute Care Hospitals
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Infection Control Worksheet
- CMS Infection Control Hospital Worksheet

♦ Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings

♦ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Donning and Doffing

CDC Sequence for Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment
- CDC Donning and Doffing

♦ Urinary Catheter Appropriate Use, Insertion, and Maintenance

American Nurses Association CAUTI Prevention Tool
- ANA CAUTI Prevention Tool
CDC TAP CAUTI Toolkit Implementation Guide
- CDC TAP CAUTI Toolkit

♦ Central Venous Catheter Appropriate Use, Insertion, and Maintenance

CDC Checklist for Prevention of Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections
- CDC CLABSI Checklist
AHRQ Tools for Reducing CLABSI

Long Term Care

♦ General Infection Prevention

♦ Healthcare Personnel Safety

♦ Environmental Infection Control

Hemodialysis

Ambulatory Facilities

Guidelines for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings

Last updated 02/04/2019

TAP Reports

The Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) report presents healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data to assist facilities in assessing their performance and progress for self-improvement. 2015 was the first year the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) created and sent TAP reports to Georgia facilities. Please click here to use the Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy at a State and Facility Level.

Georgia Healthcare-Associated Infections Report

Please click here to view the Georgia Department of Public Health Healthcare-Associated Infections Report; 2015-2016 .

This report provides aggregate Georgia HAI data to establish 2013 baselines, to compare state performance to national and state goals, and to measure progress between 2013 and 2014. This report provides data from 125 Georgia facilities on the following HAI:

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Surgical site infections (SSI) following colon surgery (COLO)
Surgical site infections following abdominal hysterectomy (HYST)
Laboratory-identified (LabID) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) found in the bloodstream
Laboratory-identified Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) found in stool

Georgia Department of Public Health Healthcare-Associated Infections Report; January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

Last updated 5/8/2018

Georgia HAI Advisory Committee (GHAIAC)

The Georgia HAI Advisory Committee (GHAIAC) is a voluntary committee charged with making recommendations to the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) on the prevention of HAIs. The committee was created on December 2, 2009 by recommendation of stakeholders and appointed by DPH. The first meeting of the committee was held on June 30, 2010. The committee includes persons with expertise in surveillance, prevention and control of HAIs, healthcare providers, infection preventionists, hospital administrators, healthcare consumers, and physicians with expertise in infectious disease and epidemiology.

CDI Policy Update - Issued April 22, 2014; Updated January 5, 2018: GeorgiaHealthcare Associated Infections Advisory Committee Policy Statement - Laboratory Diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile for Healthcare Facilities