Virginia Department of Health, Office of Communications

VIPTA Bulletin - December 2023

Virginia Department of Health, Office of Communications sent this bulletin at 12/01/2023 05:42 PM EST

December 2023

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Coordinated by the Virginia Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group, VIPTA is a partnership among Virginia's healthcare, congregate care, and public health groups that aims to build a statewide infection prevention & control (IPC) education collaborative.

The Virginia Infection Prevention and Control Training Alliance (VIPTA) website is your one-stop shop for infection prevention and control resources. Check out training events, featured educational resources, library of resources, guidance updates, and more! #VIPTA

December Event Calendar

Check out the VIPTA Event Calendar for more details and to register for events.

VIPTA Event Calendar

Featured Training Resource

Infection Prevention Rapid Resources

The Virginia Department of Health HAI/AR Program partnered with CDC's Project Firstline to create a series of Infection Prevention Rapid Resources to get you the most critical information fast.

Infographics that have the most critical information to get started
Links to additional expert resources to expand your knowledge

Ways to Share this Resource 

Easily match the correct resource level to your target audience
Available topics include Candida auris, norovirus, and flu

Target Audience: Essentials to Foundational IPC education levels

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Regulation & Guidance Updates

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) HICPAC Isolation Precautions Guideline progress updates – draft guideline, evidence reviews, supplementary materials, and meeting presentations (11/2/2023)

Part 1: 2024 Guideline to Prevent Transmission of Pathogens in Healthcare Settings (DRAFT guideline)
The next step for this guideline includes being posted in the Federal Register for public comment, revised for public comment, and presented and voted on again in 2024.

Cheers for Peers

On Thursday October 12, 2023, the Infection Prevention and Nursing leadership teams at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital rounded on the nursing units to celebrate achieving one-year without a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)! Cupcakes (yellow frosted, of course) were distributed to all and many thanks shared with the teams. The entire hospital has been instrumental in reducing CAUTIs at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital.

It starts in the Emergency Department with urinary catheters only being placed when absolutely necessary, then responsibility moves to the inpatient units where daily conversations are held to assess the need for the catheter. Infection Prevention reviews urinalysis and urine culture orders on patients with catheters, ensuring good culture stewardship. Physicians are engaged with the infection prevention and nursing teams in the conversations about catheter and urine culture necessity. This excellent teamwork has led to a reduction in CAUTIs and the achievement of being one-year CAUTI free!

VIPTA Resource Library

Search the VIPTA library of curated infection prevention and control (IPC) education and training resources. The IPC Education & Training Resource Library includes state and national resources related to healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance and/or IPC.

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