HAI/AR Program Activities
CDC awards funding to 64 state, local, territorial, and U.S.-affiliated health departments to support healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance (HAI/AR) activities. Learn what health departments are doing to prevent and control HAI/AR by navigating to any of the pages below.
Response and Prevention
Preventing and containing HAI/AR outbreaks and threats
Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network)
Bolstering the nation’s ability to detect and respond to antibiotic resistance
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Strengthening the nation’s most widely used HAI tracking system
Antibiotic Stewardship
Measuring and improving how antibiotics are prescribed
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Education and Training
Teaching and training the infection prevention workforce
Strike Team and Infrastructure Support for Nursing Homes and Other Long-term Care Facilities
Providing additional subject matter expertise and resources to facilities like nursing homes and long-term care hospitals