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Carbapenemase Producing Organism Education Now Available

MeCDC Healthcare Epidemiology now has available Carbapenemase Producing Organism (CPO) education for frontline staff and providers. These include:
 
  1. A High-Level one-page infographic made in partnership with U.S. CDC's Project Firstline program.
  2. A CPO Webinar Series  The first video in a 7-part series introducing CPOs, mitigation strategies, current spread in Maine, and what efforts the Maine CDC has done to reduce the risk/spread.
Feel free to check out all the other great free education offered on the Maine Infection Prevention Forum website by both Project Firstline, MeCDC, and the Maine Quality Forum.
 
Questions about this or other infection control issues, contact: MECDC.HAI@maine.gov  
 
Staff Contact: mcarland@mehca.org