Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)

PARTNERS

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Quality Insights
• WV Health Care Association
• WV Hospital Association

COMMUNITY

• Be a Safe Patient
• Hand Hygiene
• When and How to Clean and Disinfect Your Home
• Infection Prevention & You
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ​Services Care Compare

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

• Lab Testing
• WV Prevention and Control of MDRO Strategic Work Plan 2026
• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
• Dialysis Safety
• Best Practices for Bloodstream Infection Prevention in Dialysis Setting
• IMPACT Mentor Program​
• Guide to IP for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care​​

Antimicrobial Resistance

• CDC
• West Virginia

​Infection Control Assessment​ and Response (ICAR)

ICAR Tools

• Environmental Cleaning Checklist
• WV Contact Precautions Observation Tool
• WV Hand Hygiene Observation Tool​

​Additional Resources

• NEW! EV​S TOOLKIT
• Enhanced Barrier Precaution ​Guidelines​
• EBP Audit Tool
• ​Prevention Toolkits
• Enhanced Barrier Precautions: Sign | PPE in Nursing Homes
• Transmission-Based Precautions
• PPE Caddy Checklist​
• WV Inter-facility Infection Control Transfer Form
• Animals in Healthcare Settings
  • ​Checklist for Animals in Healthcare
  • Animals in Healthcare IPC Guidance
  • FAQ Animals in Healthcare
• Environmental Services Toolkit​​​​
• Reprocessing Semicritical Equipment: Endoscopes and Endocavitary Probes​
   

LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

• Outbreaks: Main | Toolkits
• WV Prevention and Control of MDRO Strategic Work Plan 2026​

DATA AND SURVEILLANCE

• Patient Safety Atlas
• HAI Progre​ss Report
• ​2018-2022 West Virginia CRE Surveillance Report
• 2023 West Virginia CRO & CPO Surveillance Report​​
• West Virginia Hospital HAI Report 2023 Summary​