{"c9374286-f051-4a4a-a20b-da25d3c319ff": "<h2>Chapter Summary</h2><p>In Chapter 2, Fundamental Concepts, we review concepts related to healthcare and public health surveillance as well as trends in outbreak detection and response. </p><p>As healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial resistance (HAI/AR) surveillance improves and outbreaks are recognized earlier, the public health and healthcare communities are better positioned to reduce patient harm from HAIs, AR pathogens, and healthcare outbreaks. </p><p>The ultimate goal of healthcare outbreak response is to rapidly detect and respond to potential outbreaks, ensuring that any unsafe practices are discovered and corrected before further harm can occur.</p><p><a>The chapter contains information on: </a></p><ul><li>Healthcare settings investigators may encounter as part of an HAI/AR outbreak response </li><li>Changes to healthcare delivery, regulations, funding, and public health capacity over time that have impacted HAI/AR surveillance practices and outbreak response activities</li><li>Trends in surveillance, including descriptions of systems used to identify potential outbreaks as well as types of outbreaks and other events to which public health routinely responds<strong> </strong></li></ul>"}