Public Policy and Government Affairs
Position Papers, Statements, Guidelines
Enhancing Patient Safety by Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Role of Discovery and Dissemination
The Research Committee of SHEA
February 2010
Policy Implications of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America's Research Plan for Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections
Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee SHEA
February 2010
October 14 Media Statement on CDC Guidance on Infection Control Precautions during H1N1
SHEA/APIC/IDSA/ACOEM Statement on High-Risk Healthcare Workers
August 12, 2009
Endorsed by IDSA and APIC
June 12, 2009
Letter to Sec. Sebelius
October 2, 2009
Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs in Acute-Care Settings
SHEA/IDSA with AHA, Joint Commission, APIC
ICHE October 2008
Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for MRSA and VRE
Joint SHEA/APIC Taskforce
ICHE January 2007
APIC/IDSA/SHEA model legislation of public reporting of healthcare-associated infections
Model legislation to assist patient safety initiatives by giving state legislatures a template to use when adopting legislation for the collection and reporting of infection rates.
Essentials of public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: a tool kit
This tool kit was written as a “how-to” document to give states and healthcare facilities facing legislative mandates to publicly report healthcare-associated infections practical management strategies for implementing them.
Public disclosure of healthcare-associated infections: the role of the SHEA
ICHE February 2008
Guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship
Joint SHEA/IDSA Taskforce
CID January 2007
Briefings and Testimony
April 30, 2009
Testimony to House Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee; at-a-glance
June 24, 2008
Emergence of the Superbug: Antimicrobial Resistance in the US
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Recording of Testimony
Written Testimony by Patrick J. Brennan, MD
June 3, 2008
HAIs - Perspectives on Prevention, Reporting, and Patient Safety
On June 3, SHEA hosted a congressional staff briefing on the prevention and control of HAIs and public reporting. The briefing was sponsored by the office of Senator Durbin (D-IL). The slides from the briefing can be reviewed below.
Patrick J. Brennan, MD
Densie Cardo, MD
Comments
Letter to House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid concerning healthcare-acquired condition payment penalties in Senate-passed healthcare reform bill
January 15, 2010
Letter to Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Max Baucus on the provision related to reducing hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) in the Chairman’s Mark (Title III, Subtitle A, Part I)
September 22, 2009
Letter to Secretary Sebelius on H1N1 PPE for Healthcare Workers
July 22, 2009
Letter to Chairman Waxman on National Public Reporting Provisions
July 16, 2009
Process for Stakeholder and Public Review of Interim H1N1 Guidance for Infection Control in a Healthcare Setting, July - October 2009
SHEA/IDSA Comments on the Proposed Changes to the FY 2010 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals
June 30, 2009
SHEA/IDSA Comments on HHS Action Plan (pdf)
February 6, 2009
Hospital-Acquired Conditions in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings
Follow-up to CMS listening session
December 18, 2008
Proposed Guidance on Antiviral Drug Use During an Influenza Pandemic and Proposed Considerations for Antiviral Drug Stockpiling by Employers in Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic
July 2008
OSHA Proposed Guidance on Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza
July 2008
HHS Interim Guidance on the Use of Facemasks and Respirators
July 2008
Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates; Proposed Rule
CMS-1390-P Preventable Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs), Including Infections
June 2008
NIOSH Personal Protective Equipment
May 2008
March 2008
Durbin Resolution Regarding MRSA Month
February 2008
February 2008
Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals
February 2008
Resources
Healthcare Reform Bill HR 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act
SHEA Talking Points on National Action Plan for Stakeholder Meetings
July 2009
2008 NHSN Users Reports
Map of the most recent state legislation (APIC)
Mortality from Reasonably-Preventable HAIs
Penn Center for Evidence-based Practice Advisory
April 2008
April 16 testimony from Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on HAIs.
Guidance on Public Reporting of HAIs: Recommendations of HICPAC
Texas Department of State Health Services
Recommendations from Key Findings
Advisory Panel on Healthcare-Associated Infections
Submitted to meet the Reporting Requirements of SB 872
79th Legislature
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