HAI Resources for Healthcare Workers

General Infection Prevention Resources

• HICPAC Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings 
• CDC and HICPAC Guidelines Library 
• Association of Professionals in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology (APIC)
• APIC Chapters Serving Georgia 
• The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America (SHEA)
• Vaccination Action Coalition
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• CDC Influenza Infection Control and Isolation Precautions
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen and Needlestick Prevention Standard
• APIC Observation Tools Library
• Hand Hygiene Policy Template
• Cleaning of Equipment Policy Template
• Isolation Signs
• Line Listing Template
• Hand Hygiene/PPE Audit Tool from LTC ICAR
• Outpatient ICAR Tool

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
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Infection Control Worksheet

  ♦ Hand Hygiene

• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings 
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence Overcoming the Challenges

  ♦ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Donning and Doffing

• CDC Sequence for Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment

  ♦ Urinary Catheter Appropriate Use, Insertion, and Maintenance

• American Nurses Association CAUTI Prevention Tool
• CDC TAP CAUTI Toolkit Implementation Guide

  ♦ Central Venous Catheter Appropriate Use, Insertion, and          Maintenance

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

Long Term Care

  ♦ General Infection Prevention

• CDC Infection Prevention resources for Long-term Care
• CDC Influenza Vaccination Tool-kit for Long-term Care Employers

  ♦ Healthcare Personnel Safety

• Georgia Tuberculosis Reference Guide
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogen and Needlestick Prevention Standard 

  ♦ Hand Hygiene

• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings 
• Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence Overcoming the Challenges

  ♦ Personal Protective Equipment

• 2007 Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
• Management of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006 
• CDC Sequence for Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment

  ♦ Antimicrobial Stewardship

• GDPH HAIs Antimicrobial Stewardship website 

  ♦ Urinary Catheters: Appropriate Use, Insertion, and Maintenance

• AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long Term Care

  ♦ Safe Injection and Point of Care Testing Practices

• CDC Injection Safety Web Materials  (Can be ordered for free.)
• CDC training video and related Safe Injection Practices Campaign materials 
• Infection Prevention during Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration 

  ♦ Environmental Infection Control

• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities
• Options for Evaluating Environmental Infection Control 
• Environmental controls for Healthcare Facilities: Bedding and Laundry 

Hemodialysis

• Making Dialysis Safer Coalition 
• Prevention Bloodstream Infection in Outpatients Hemodialysis Patients, Best Practices for Staff Video 
• "Days since last bloodstream infection" poster 
• Resource center for staff education, audits and checklist 
• Patient Education 
• Guidelines Recommendations and Resources

Ambulatory Facilities

• Guidelines for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings  
• Guidelines for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings - Check list only

Last updated 02/04/2019

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:

1. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
2. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
3. Surgical site infections (SSI) following colon surgery (COLO)
4. Surgical site infections following abdominal hysterectomy (HYST)
5. Laboratory-identified (LabID) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) found in the bloodstream
6. 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.

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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

Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes

2016

 August 31, 2016

 April 27, 2016

 January 27, 2016

2015

 October 28, 2015

 July 22, 2015

April 22, 2015

 January 28, 2015

2014

July 23, 2014

April 24, 2014

 January 22nd, 2014 Meeting

2013

 October 23rd, 2013 Meeting

 July 24th, 2013 Meeting

 April 24, 2013 Meeting

 January 23, 2013 Meeting

Minutes Archive

 GHAIAC Minutes Archive 2010-2012

Last updated 03/08/2018