HAI Health Alerts
CAHAN (California Health Alert Network) San Diego facilitates confidential communication between public health and safety agencies and the San Diego County medical community to ensure rapid identification of and response to unusual disease events, including known or suspected disease clusters, outbreaks, and possible acts of bioterrorism. To view previous alerts, visit our CAHAN San Diego Alerts webpage. To receive alerts, subscribe to CAHAN San Diego.
LOCAL
San Diego HAI (Healthcare-Associated Infections) Health Alerts
Health Advisory—November 22, 2023
Pertussis Increasing in San Diego County
Health Advisory—May 16, 2023
Health Advisory Update #6: Potential Risk for Mpox Resurgence
Health Advisory—April 7, 2023
Elevated Norovirus Activity in California
Health Advisory— February 28, 2023
Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States
Health Advisory—February 10, 2023
Health Advisory—February 3, 2023
Health Alert—October 13, 2022
Increasing Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease in San Diego County
Health Advisory—September 28, 2021
Candida auris detected in San Diego County facilities
Health Update—February 23, 2021
Health Advisory—November 19, 2019
Health Advisory—June 13, 2019
STATE
CAHAN HAI/ Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Health Advisories
Health Advisory—August 18, 2023
Health Advisory—March 22, 2023
Health Advisory—February 28, 2023
Health Advisory: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States
Health Advisory—February 9, 2023
Health Advisory: Emergence of Candida auris in
Healthcare Facilities in Northern California
Health Advisory—November 12, 2022
Early Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Seasonal
Influenza Activity
Health Advisory—September 6, 2022
Title 17 Revisions, Section 2500 of the California Code of Regulations
Health Advisory—September 6, 2022
Candida auris in Nevada State Healthcare Facilities
Health Advisory—February 2, 2022
Further Emergence of Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities, February 2, 2022 (PDF)
NATIONAL
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Alert Network
Health Update—December 20, 2022
Important Updates on COVID-19 Therapeutics for Treatment and Prevention
For more information, contact the San Diego HAI program through our contact form, via e-mail at phs.hai.hhsa@sdcounty.ca.gov, or call the Epidemiology Unit at (619) 692-8499.