This infection type accounts for the majority of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S.
What are acute respiratory tract infections?
The standard flow of work when cleaning an area to reduce cross-contamination.
What is from clean to dirty areas?
This is the percentage of Oregon hospitals meeting all 7 core elements in 2024. (Hint: it was 98% in 2023)
What is 100%?
True or False: Antibiotic resistance can spread between different species of bacteria.
True
The percentage of HAI team members who started their OHA career during the COVID-19 pandemic
What is XX%
Based on Oregon outpatient claims data from 2018 to 2022, this Oregon county had the highest rate of antibiotic prescribing per visit for acute respiratory infections.
What is Douglas county? (Multnomah county had the lowest rate)
Identify three of 5 key core infection prevention practices that are fundamental to patient and healthcare worker safety.
What are:
Hand hygiene
Standard Precautions
Transmission and Enhanced Barrier Precautions
Cleaning and Disinfecting
Injection Safety
True or False: Oregon healthcare workers have higher influenza vaccination rates compared to those nationwide.
What is False?
(In Oregon we have seen a declining trend in our healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates with 54% vaccinated in the 2024 – 2025 season. Nationally 79% of hospital workers were vaccinated compared to 60% in OR, and 42% of nursing home workers were vaccinated compared to 30% in OR.)
This type of respiratory infection often involves multidrug-resistant pathogens due to the presence of an invasive device and prolonged antibiotic use.
What is ventilator-associated pneumonia
These team members do not live with a furry friend
Heather, Liz, Adel, Dat, Elizabeth (?), Val (?)
Since 2019 the same 3 states have maintained the lowest rates of outpatient antibiotic prescribing per person out of all 50 U.S. states. Name 2 of the 3 states.
What are Alaska, Oregon, and Washington?
The method of cleaning used when hands are visibly dirty and when caring for someone with a diarrheal illness.
What is washing your hands with soap and water?
This is the year healthcare facilities began using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to monitor patient safety. (Hint: This is the year Youtube was founded and Million Dollar Baby won the Academy Award for Best Picture)
What is 2005?
(Beginning in 2005 with just 300 hospitals, NHSN is now accessed by more than 170,000 users across 39,000 U.S. healthcare facilities.)
This is one of the five pathogens listed as an "Urgent Threat" in CDC's 2019 antibiotic resistant report.
What is Candida auris.
These three team members do NOT live in the PNW
Who are Mike, Angela, Lisa?
This percent of antibiotics prescribed in acute care hospitals are unnecessary or suboptimal.
What is 30%?
The amount of time a product has to be on a surface in order for it to be affective against germs.
What is contact time?
This healthcare facility type is required to report respiratory illness data to NHSN, including COVID-19, influenza, and RSV
What are skilled nursing facilities?
(Starting in 2025, they are required to report on resident vaccination status for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, confirmed resident cases of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV (overall and by vaccination status), and hospitalized residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV (overall and by vaccination status)).
This mobile genetic element is a loop of DNA that can be transferred between bacteria, leading to the proliferation of antimicrobial resistance.
What is a plasmid?
The team member(s) born in Oregon
Who is Liz (maybe Elizabeth, double check)
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and first used to treat a human infection in 1941. In what year was the first penicillin-resistant infection identified?
What is 1942?
Infection prevention practices used to prevent the spread of MDRO in long-term care populations.
What are enhanced barrier precautions?
Within 50, this is the number of healthcare-associated infections reported by Oregon hospitals in 2024
What is 970 (range 920 - 1020)?
This class of beta-lactam antibiotics are typically reserved as a “last resort” for the treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms.
Carbapenems
These HAI Team members have lived in 5 or more states
Who are Mike, Roza, Therese, Pam, Heather, Kristen