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 - September 25, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - September 12, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - August 8, 2025
Recordings
- Optimizing materials management and supply room redesign to maintain cleanliness and compliance - October 9
- CDC update on hospital antibiotic stewardship - September 4
- Antimicrobial stewarding skin and soft tissue infections - June 26
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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 - September 25, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - September 12, 2025
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Update - August 8, 2025
Recordings
- CDC update on hospital antibiotic stewardship - September 4
- Antimicrobial stewarding skin and soft tissue infections - June 26
- Developing an immunocompromised-focused antimicrobial stewardship program - May 29
All Antibiotic Stewardship recordings »
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.