Infection Prevention Resources

Texas Healthcare Safety Publications

Tadese, B., Nutt, A., Chaudhary, I., Offiong, C., & Darkoh, C. (2021). Regional outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase–producing Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-3.doi:10.1017/ice.2021.394

Vallabhaneni S, Huang JY, Grass JE, Bhatnagar A, Sabour S, Lutgring JD, Campbell D, Karlsson M, Kallen AJ, Nazarian E, Snavely EA, Morris S, Wang C, Lee R, Koag M, Lewis R, Garcia B, EIP Work Group, Brown AC, Walters MS. 2021. Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles to predict the presence of carbapenemase genes among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. J Clin Microbiol59:e02874-20. https://doi.org/10 .1128/JCM.02874-20.

Lyman M, Forsberg K, Reuben J, et al. Notes from the Field: Transmission of Pan-Resistant and Echinocandin-Resistant Candida auris in Health Care Facilities ? Texas and the District of Columbia, January–April 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1022–1023. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7029a2

Blackwell, G., Dang, T., Hoffman, A., McConnell, M., Wells, K., Nutt, A., Garcia, B., Arnold, S., Baumann, S., Merengwa, E. (2020). VIM-CRPA in West Texas: Developing a Regional Multidrug-Resistant Organism Containment Strategy for a Novel Bug. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 41(S1), S432-S432.doi:10.1017/ice.2020.1094

Cossaboom, C. M., Marinova-Petkova, A., Strysko, J., Rodriguez, G., Maness, T., Ocampo, J....Kieffer, A. (2020). Melioidosis in a Resident of Texas with No Recent Travel History, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(6), 1295-1299.https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.190975.

Kracalik I, Ham C, Smith AR, et al. Notes from the Field: Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-ß-Lactamase–Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in U.S. Residents Associated with Invasive Medical Procedures in Mexico, 2015–2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:463–464. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6820a4

Rodriguez, G., Garcia, B., Bacterial Infections Post-Stem Cell Product Procedures, Texas2018

Honza, H., Retana D., Pulvino S., Dang T., Tatum K., Hall J., Response to an Outbreak of Measles Associated with an Imported Case, Texas, 2018 

Blackwell, G., Dang, T., Hoffman, A., VIM-Crpa in Lubbock, West Texas: Conducting the First Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network Multi-Site Epi-Aid in the United States

External Partners

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• AHRQ Patient Safety Network
• American Health Quality Association
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Environmental Protection Agency
• HICPAC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Journal of Patient Safety
• National Health Care Safety Network (NHSN)
• National Quality Forum
• Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center
• Patient Safety Foundation
• Sepsis Alliance
• Texas Hospital Association
• The Joint Commission
• The National Coalition on Health Care

Infection Prevention Rules and Regulations

• Rules and Regulations
• Texas Administrative Code Title 25, Chapter 200
• Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 98