The hospital implements its infection prevention and control program through surveillance, pr...

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To prioritize the program’s activities, the hospital identifies risks for infection, contamination, and exposure that pose a risk to patients and staff based on the following: - Its geographic location, community, and population served - The care, treatment, and services it provides - The analysis of surveillance activities and other infection control data - Relevant infection control issues identified by the local, state, or federal public health authorities that could impact the hospital Note: Risks may include organisms with a propensity for transmission within health care facilities based on published reports and the occurrence of clusters of patients (for example, norovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, measles, organisms with antimicrobial resistance such as Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales [CRE] and Candida auris).

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The hospital reviews identified risks at least annually or whenever significant changes in risk occur.