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Indiana's Resource Collaborative for Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections

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What is Indiana's Resource Collaborative for Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections?

The purpose of this collaborative is to distribute patient and provider specific resources on the prevention of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), antimicrobial resistance (AR), antimicrobial stewardship (AS), infection prevention, and other relevant topics.

This webpage is the product of the collaboration of multiple Indiana healthcare organizations and initiatives. The following sections of this webpage reflect the overlap of the goals and initiatives of our Indiana partners across the spectrum of healthcare settings. Our goal is collaboration and sharing of resources for a healthier Indiana.

Meet Indiana resource collaborative representatives below!

Vaccination and Healthcare


Vaccination is a key tool in infection prevention for healthcare workers and patients entering healthcare facilities. It is important to encourage staff members, patients, visitors, and family members to get vaccinated to protect themselves from disease and help prevent the spread of disease within healthcare facilities.

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on vaccination.

Vaccine

Mental Health and Healthcare


Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on mental health.

Mental

Infection Prevention


An infection occurs when germs enter the body, increase in number, and cause a reaction of the body. Infection prevention is a practical, evidence-based approach preventing patients and health workers from being harmed by avoidable infections.

Please click here to learn more about the IDOH HAI-AR team's infection prevention program.

Infection Prevention

Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms


A Multi-Drug Resistant Organism (MDRO) is any organism that is resistant to one or more agents in at least three classes of antibiotics.

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on Antimicrobial Resistance (AR).

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on Candida auris (CA).

MDRO

Project Firstline


CDC’s Project Firstline is a collaborative of diverse healthcare and public health partners that aims to provide engaging, innovative, and effective infection control training for millions of frontline U.S. healthcare workers as well as members of the public health workforce.

Please click here to learn more about the IDOH HAI-AR team's Project Firstline initiative.

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Antimicrobial Stewardship (AS)


Antimicrobial Stewardship refers to coordinated strategies designed to promote appropriate use of antimicrobials with the goal of enhancing health outcomes, reducing resistance to antimicrobials, and decreasing unnecessary healthcare costs.

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on Antimicrobial Stewardship (AS).

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Healthcare Associated Infections


A healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is an infection that a person can acquire while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility for another condition. There are various types of HAIs, which are often named after the site of the body in which they occur.

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs).

Healthcare Associated Infections

National Healthcare Safety Network


The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a CDC tracking system for HAIs. NHSN provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas, measure progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately eliminate HAIs.

Please click here to learn more about the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

National Healthcare Safety Network

Sepsis


Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract.

Please click here to visit the IDOH HAI-AR team's webpage on sepsis.

Sepsis

Page last reviewed and updated: March 2022