Health Care-Associated Infections

Health care-associated Infections (HAIs) are infectious diseases typically acquired in health care facilities such as hospitals. Many HAIs are antimicrobial resistant and can result in severe complications or even death. Proper infection prevention and control practices are important to keep patients safe.

We provide public health and health care workers with expertise and support for the prevention and control HAIs.

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Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

Documents and resources on CPE, enterobacteriaceae that are resistant to carbapenem antimicrobials through the production of carbapenemase.

Candida auris

Documents and resources on Candida auris (C. auris), a highly transmissible fungal pathogen that is often multi-drug-resistant.

Clostridioides difficile Infections (CDI)

Documents and resources on CDI, a bacterial infection commonly acquired in hospitals that causes intestinal illness.

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Documents and resources on MRSA, a Staphylococcus aureus bacterium that is resistant to antibiotic treatment.

Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE)

Documents and resources on VRE, a type of bacteria present in the gastrointestinal tract that develop resistance to many antibiotics, especially vancomycin.