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California Department of
Public Health (DHPH) Announces Mandatory
Reporting of Severe MRSA.
SACRAMENTO (2/14/2008) – Dr. Mark Horton,
director of the California Department of Public
Health (CDPH), announced today that California
will require severe cases of staph infections,
including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA), be added to the list of diseases
reported to local health departments in the
state.
“Our goal is to prevent severe staph infections,
including MRSA, to the greatest extent
possible,” said Horton. “By making severe cases
of staph infections a reportable disease in
California, we will be able to better understand
the incidence these infections in California and
who is at greatest risk.” ....
Division
of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
interactive training course:
Hand Hygiene Interactive Training
Course:
Review key concepts of hand hygiene
and other standard precautions to prevent healthcare-associated
infections.
http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/training/interactiveEducation/
The course contains a short video
that will be posted separately in the near future on the updated
hand hygiene Web pages
Implementation of SB 739
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