Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship
Infection Control and Prevention
HANYS is committed to supporting New York state healthcare organizations across the care continuum as they advance efforts to protect their patients and communities from infections and prepare for regulatory requirements.
Member updates
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - November 14, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - October 31, 2025
- Health advisory: Adequate supply of influenza vaccine - October 23, 2025
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Recordings
Optimizing materials management and supply room redesign to maintain cleanliness and compliance
Presenters from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will examine The Joint Commission standard IC 02.02.01 EP 4, providing tips and strategies to maintain compliance and survey readiness and prevent cross-contamination. October 9, 2025
CDC update on hospital antibiotic stewardship
Hear a national update from the CDC on antimicrobial stewardship and resistance, including a review of the current implementation of hospital AS programs and hospital antibiotic use reported to the CDC’s NHSN. September 4, 2025
Antimicrobial stewarding skin and soft tissue infections
Hear how skin and soft tissue infections have evolved, including antibiotic resistance, antibiotic allergies, myth-busting and clinical trial data. We’ll also discuss ways to improve diagnostic yield and optimize antimicrobial choices. June 26, 2025
Infection Control and Prevention Committee
This committee, open to HANYS members only, reviews science and data to suggest unified infection control and prevention practices for staff, patients and communities. The group identifies policy, protocol and regulatory barriers and develops best practices and solutions that will result in improved clinical, operational and financial outcomes. Members interested in joining should contact Maria Sacco, Director, Quality Advocacy, Research and Innovation.
Antibiotic Stewardship
HANYS is committed to supporting New York state healthcare organizations across the continuum of care as they accelerate their focus on antibiotic stewardship to address growing concerns about drug-resistant organisms.
Member updates
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - November 14, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - October 31, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - October 16, 2025
All Antibiotic Stewardship member updates »
Recordings
CDC update on hospital antibiotic stewardship
Hear a national update from the CDC on antimicrobial stewardship and resistance, including a review of the current implementation of hospital AS programs and hospital antibiotic use reported to the CDC’s NHSN. September 4, 2025
Antimicrobial stewarding skin and soft tissue infections
Hear how skin and soft tissue infections have evolved, including antibiotic resistance, antibiotic allergies, myth-busting and clinical trial data. We’ll also discuss ways to improve diagnostic yield and optimize antimicrobial choices. June 26, 2025
Developing an immunocompromised-focused antimicrobial stewardship program
Understand the rationale for developing immunocompromised-focused stewardship activities, program goals and associated challenges and hear about the experience of those working in this space. May 29, 2025
Education
HANYS convened leaders in antibiotic stewardship and epidemiology to discuss progress, challenges and changes impacting New York in these 20-minute audio recordings.
- Conversation 1: Emerging drug-resistance in New York
- Conversation 2: Antibiotic stewardship in New York
- Conversation 3: Antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes
The following videos, hosted by Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center, walk through the core elements of antibiotic stewardship as they relate to long-term care.
