PACCARB: Universal Reporting of Pathogens, Better COVID-19 HAI Metrics
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh from Health Watch USA^sm gives a public comment during the Feb.11, 2021 Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria which stresses the need for universal reporting of all dangerous pathogens, including antibiotic resistant organisms. In addition the United States needs to increase support of public health to implement early surveillance and case tracking. Health Care Worker Acquisitions of dangerous pathogens need to be reported along with revising our current COVID-19 HAI metric, which is not effectively capturing infections.  PACCARB.  Feb. 11, 2021.
  
Expanded Written Comments: https://www.healthwatchusa.org/HWUSA-Presentations-Community/PACCARB-WrittenComments/20210211-PACCARB-PublicComment.pdf