Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)

Disease Information

A healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is an infection that a patient acquires in a medical setting, such as a hospital, an ambulatory surgery center, an outpatient dialysis center, or a skilled nursing facility.

Learn more about the following HAIs:

• Acinetobacter baumannii
• Candida species (specifically Candidemia)
• Clostridium difficile
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE)

Disease Reporting

View each disease for reporting details, or download Oregon's HAI disease reporting poster (pdf).

See Also

• Oregon HAI website