Healthcare-Associated Infections Guidelines and Resources

Learn more about preventing HAI and make more informed choices about where you get your healthcare by clicking the links below. 

• CDPHE Patient Safety Page
• 2013 Colorado Annual Health Facility Acquired Infections report
• Colorado Hospital Report Card
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Hospital Compare
• Nursing Home Compare
• The Leapfrog Group
• Infection Prevention and You
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Colorado Foundation for Medical Care
• Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
• HIPAA Privacy Rule
• The Department of Health and Human Services Hospital Preparedness Program
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America
• HAI Focus

Access important guidelines for preventing HAI:

• CDPHE MRSA Webpage
• APIC Scientific Guidelines

CDC Guidelines:

• Guidelines for Disinfection & Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
• Guidelins for Environmental Infection CControl in Healthcare Facilities
• Guidelines for Isolation Precautions
• Guidelines for Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
• Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings

CDPHE Guidelines:

• Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in the Healthcare Setting
• Guidelines for Reducing Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonia
• Guidelines for Preventing Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
• Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

In an effort to eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the Department of Health and Human Serivces (HHS) has developed an action plan with five-year prevention targets. CDPHE received HHS funding to develop and implement a statewide prevention collaborative focused on preventing (HAIs). In doing so, the collaborative is expected to implement multicenter, evidence-based HAI prevention initiatives. CDPHE has contracted with the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) to implement the Prevention Collaborative. Between January 2010 and December 31, 2011, CHA provided technical support, education and resources to participating healthcare facilities to address two HHS Action Plan prevention targets; surgical site infections and Clostridium difficile. To receive more information about the Collaborative, please contact CHA’s Crystal Berumen at crystal.berumen@cha.com, 720-330-6067 or CDPHE’s Tamara Hoxworth at tamara.hoxworth@state.co.us, 303-692-2930.

CDC Toolkits

• CAUTI
• CLABSI
• Clostridium difficile
• Collaborative Cookbook
• Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
• MRSA
• Long-term Care Baseline Prevention Practices
• Surgical Site Infection Toolkit

Visit the Patient Safety Program website and the Colorado Hospital Association website for additional tools and resources for preventing HAI.

Find more information about HAI prevention by visiting these websites:

• The Department of Health and Human Services Hospital Preparedness Program
• CDC HAI Webpage
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America
• HAI Focus