ELC staff participated in 2024 CSTE Annual Conference in June 2024. Patrick Sotto, CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow presented poster on “Exploring CRE Epidemiology in Guam and Evaluating the impact of a CP-CRE Outbreak”. ELC Staff gained valuable information on the prevention and response to Influenza and Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) / Antibiotic Resistance (AR) outbreaks.

The Guam Public Health Laboratory (GPHL) implemented a new LIMS in June 2024 to manage test ordering, testing and resulting of laboratory tests performed by GPHL. This streamlines the reporting of laboratory results performed by GPHL by providing a web portal for healthcare providers to order and retrieve results.

ELC staff participated in PEER-TO-PEER Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Training organized by the DPHSS/ELC Team and the Washington State Department of Health, supported by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC’s Division of Quality Healthcare Promotion (DQHP). Participating healthcare facilities include the Guam Regional Medical City (GRMC), the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), the Federally Qualified Community Health Centers in the Northern and Southern region and St. Dominic’s Senior Home. Training sessions were conducted by the subject matter experts from the Washington State Department of Health. The Guam and Washington State teams performed onsite tours with participating healthcare facilities to review their processes and identify infection prevention priorities.