Healthcare Associated Infections in Arizona – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Sharing the State of Infectious Disease in Arizona with Healthcare Partners

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:00-07:00February 10th, 2016|Preparedness|

Our Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Grand Canyon Chapter, hosted their state of the state meeting last month. This annual event is dedicated to program updates and education from many areas of the ADHS Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control Services. The event took place [...]

Healthcare Associated Infections

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:21-07:00December 29th, 2014|Licensing, Prevention|

Healthcare-Associated infections continued to be a major (and largely preventable) threat to patient safety in Arizona during 2014 - although we had better results this year. The 2014 National and State Healthcare Associated Infections Progress Report found significant reductions for nearly all infections in Arizona. Arizona’s public health system takes a layered approach to preventing [...]