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Public Health Professional Resources
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Toolkit
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Toolkit - Public Health
One-case
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Tier 2 Letter for Healthcare Facilities
(Word)
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Toolkit - for Healthcare Facilities
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Specimen Collection Guidance and Supply Order Form
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Mass Testing Log
Invasive Group A
Streptococcus
(iGAS) Toolkit
Summary of Key Changes to the Invasive GAS Toolkit 2023
(PDF)
Normally Sterile Sites: Invasive Bacterial Diseases
(PDF)
Public Health Response to Invasive Group A
Streptococcus
2023
(PDF)
Investigation Algorithm for Invasive Group A
Streptococcus
(GAS) Infection in LTCF 2023
(PDF)
Transmission-based Precautions for Group A Streptococcal infection in Long-term Care Facilities 2023
(PDF)
Group A Strep Symptom Surveillance Log
(for Facilities)(PDF)
Handout for Healthcare Workers in Long-term Care Facilities
(PDF)
How to Collect a Throat Swab for Culture
(PDF)
How to Collect a Wound Culture
(PDF)
How to Collect an Ostomy Culture
(PDF)
Bacterial Throat Culture Shipping Guidance
(PDF)
Antibiotic Recommendations for Decolonization of Asymptomatic People with Group A
Streptococcus
2023
(PDF)
GAS Testing Log
(Excel)
Wound Care Observation Checklist for Infection Control
(PDF)
TRAIN PA Course: Overview of Group A
Streptococcus
(GAS) in LTC Facilities
Group A Strep Line List Template
(Epidemiology) (Excel)
Specimen Collection, Management, and Transport for GAS Outbreaks
(PDF)
Bacterial Swab Collection Order Form
(PDF)
Letter Template: Invasive Group A
Streptococcus
(GAS) in LTCF - One Case
(Word)
Letter Template: Invasive Group A
Streptococcus
(GAS) in LTCF - Two Cases
(Word)
Comprehensive Table of Changes to the Invasive GAS Toolkit 2023
(PDF)
Invasive GAS Toolkit Transition Presentation 2023
(PDF)
Antimicrobial Resistance HAI Toolkit
PA DOH Toolkit for Response to Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Facilities
(PDF)
CDC CRE Toolkit
(PDF)
CDC Interim Guidance for a Public Health Response to Contain Novel or Targeted MDROs
(PDF)
CRE Investigations Part One
(PDF)
CRE Investigations Part Two
(PDF)
Letter Template - One Case CP-CRE Tier 3 Letter for LTCF
(Word)
Colonization Screening Toolkit for Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms
Colonization Screening Toolkit for Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms
(PDF)
Patient and Family Education: Screening Tests
(PDF)
Patient and Family Education: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO)
(PDF)