Infection Control and Prevention and Healthcare-Associated Infections Section
The Infection Control and Prevention and Healthcare-Associated Infections (ICP/HAI) Section’s mission is to increase infection control expertise across the health care spectrum in Montana through training, education, and infection control assessments. The section consists of epidemiology, infection prevention and control, and pharmacy expertise.
To achieve this, DPHHS works closely with stakeholders and health care facilities from around Montana to:
- Improve accurate reporting of HAIs to the National Healthcare Safety Network.
- Coordinate and implement HAI prevention activities.
- Improve infection prevention breadth and scope at health care facilities.
- Detect and help mitigate outbreaks that occur in health care facilities.
- Prevent and contain multidrug-resistant organisms spread.
- Educate providers to prescribe antibiotics appropriately.
- Assist hospitals and other health care facilities to have strong antimicrobial stewardship programs.
Montana Health Care Facilities
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Nursing Homes/Long-Term Care Facilities
- Hospitals
- Outpatient Facilities
- Dialysis Facilities
- Surgery Centers
- Dental Facilities
- Other Health Care Facilities
Local and Tribal Public Health Jurisdictions
- Communicable Disease Nurses
- Congregate Living Coordinators
The ICP/HAI section hosts a biannual HAI roundtable to help foster open discussion, collaboration, and coordination among partners on current and future activities related to healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, or infection prevention.
Invited Partners
- Montana Hospital Association
- Montana Public Health Institute
- Montana Primary Care Association
- Montana Health Care Facilities
- Disaster Emergency Services
- Midwest QIN-QIO/Mountain Pacific Quality Health
- Local/Tribal Public Health Jurisdictions
- University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy
- Montana Public Health Laboratory
- Communicable Disease and Prevention Bureau
- Epidemiology and Scientific Support Bureau
- Community Services Bureau
- Office of Inspector General