healthcare-associated infections (HAI) program
California Health Alert Network (CAHAN) Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) / Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Health Advisories
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The California Health Alert Network (CAHAN) is the State of California’s web-based information and communications system for distribution of health alerts, dissemination of treatment and prevention guidelines, coordination of disease investigation efforts, preparedness planning, and other initiatives that strengthen state and local preparedness. The following are CAHAN health advisories that were issued by the HAI Program.
Antimicrobial Resistance-related Health Advisories:
- Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP), June 13, 2024 (PDF)
- Emergence of Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities in Northern California, February 2023 (PDF)
- Multistate Cluster of Verona Integron-mediated Metallo-ß-lactamase (VIM)-producing Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, November 2022 (PDF)
- Candida auris in Nevada State Healthcare Facilities, September 2022 (PDF)
- Further Emergence of Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities, February 2, 2022 (PDF)
- Regional Outbreak of Highly Drug-resistant Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii, May 2021 (PDF)
- Active Surveillance for Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities, March 2021 (PDF)
- Ongoing Risk of Highly Drug-resistant Infections in Patients Following Hospitalization or Invasive Procedures in Mexico, February 2021 (PDF)
- Resurgence of Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities in the Setting of COVID-19, August 2020 (PDF)
- Ongoing Risk of Highly Drug-resistant Infections in Patients Following Hospitalization or Invasive Procedures in Mexico, November, 2019 (PDF)
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