Screening for Resistant Healthcare-Associated Infections

Colonization Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Facilities

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These learning resources were created to assist staff at health care facilities understand the role of colonization screening for carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) and Candida auris to provide just in time information on these two multidrug-resistant organisms focusing on how to properly collect specimens and ship to a laboratory for testing to ensure actionable results.

Continuing education credit is not available for these learning resources. If you are based in the US and need credit for course completion or are interested in courses offering CEU please proceed to the APHL Learning Center.

Module 1: Overview and Importance of Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms, or MDROs

Module 2: Carbapenemase-producing Organisms Colonization Screening

Module 3: Candida auris Colonization Screening

Module 4: Video-Packaging and Shipping for Colonization Screening

For any questions, email infectious.diseases@aphl.org.

These modules were supported by Cooperative Agreement NU60OE000104 from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC or the Department of Health and Human Services, or APHL and member laboratories. This project is 100% funded with federal funds.

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