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States with Targeted Prevention and Control Activity B funding: HAI Prevention Initiatives

Financial and/or technical support provided by CDC

California

California

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 99%
  • Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
  • State is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
  • One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
  • States that have implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
  • States that have implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
  • States that have implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $458,366
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $2,596,434
    • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (for more information see EIP ELC Activities Funded)
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $771,472

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Colorado

Colorado

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 86%
  • Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
  • State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
  • State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
  • Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $414,402
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $977,516
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $363,302

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contacts:

  • Sara M. Reese, PhD
    Patient Safety Program Epidemiologist
    Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division
    Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
    Denver, CO 80246

  • Phone:(303) 692-2929
    Fax: (303) 753-6214

  • Wendy Bamberg, MD
    Medical Epidemiologist for Healthcare-Associated Infections
    Emerging Infections Program
    Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program
    Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
    4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
    Denver, CO 80246

  • Phone:(303) 692-2491
    Fax: (303) 782-0338
  • Colorado Department of Health

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Florida

Florida

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 82%
  • State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
  • States has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
  • Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,743,280
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $421,472

State Contact:

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Illinois

Illinois

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Kentucky

Kentucky

State Contact:

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts

State Contact:

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Michigan

Michigan

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 75.4%
  • State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
  • State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
  • Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $685,729
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $782,173

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

  • Jennie L. Finks, DVM, MVPH
    Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiologist and Team Lead
    Surveillance of Healthcare-associated and Resistant Pathogens (SHARP) Unit
    Surveillance and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (SIDE) Section
    Michigan Department of Community Health
    Capitol View Building, 5th floor
    201 Townsend St
    Lansing, MI 48913

  • Phone: (517) 335-9547
    Fax: (517) 335-8263
  • Michigan Department of Community Health

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Nevada

Nevada

State Contact:

  • Giovanna Santovito-Carducci RN, CIC
    Nevada HAI coordinator
    State of Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance
    4220 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 810
    Las Vegas, NV 89119
  • Phone: (702) 486-6515 Extension 274
    Fax: (702) 486-6520

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New York

New York

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

  • Carole Van Antwerpen, RN,BSN,CIC
    Program Director
    Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting
    Division of Epidemiology
    ESP Corning Towers, Room 2580

  • Phone: (518) 474-3343
    Fax: (518) 473-4090

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North Carolina

North Carolina

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Oregon

Oregon

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Tennessee

Tennessee

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 79%
  • Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
  • State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • This state trained a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
  • One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
  • State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
  • State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
  • EIP Funded Amount: $354,212
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,746,164
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $768,006

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

  • Marion A. Kainer MD, MPH, FRACP
    Medical Epidemiologist/ Infectious Diseases Physician Director
    Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
    Tennessee Department of Health
    CEDS, 1st Floor, Cordell Hull Bldg
    425, 5th Avenue North
    Nashville, TN 37243

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Texas

Texas

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 67.9%
  • Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
  • State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
  • States that have implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,233,977
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA):

State Contact:

  • Wes Hodgson, MPA
    State Plan Project Coordinator
    Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI)
    Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Branch
    Infectious Disease Control Unit
    Division of Prevention and Preparedness
    Texas Department of State Health Services
    1100 W 49th Street
    Austin TX, 78756

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Utah

Utah

State Contact:

  • Sherry Varley RN,CIC
    Infection Preventionist
    Healthcare Associated Infections Program Coordinator
    Utah Dept of Health Bureau of Epidemiology
    288 North 1460 West, 2nd Floor
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84114

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin

  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 74.3%
  • State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $976,405
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $371,472

State Contact:

  • Gwen Borlaug, CIC, MPH
    Infection Control Epidemiologist
    Division of Public Health
    Bureau of Communicable Diseases
    1 West Wilson Street Room 318
    Madison, WI 53702

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The information included in this map describes state HAI prevention efforts with financial and/or technical support provided by CDC. Please refer to state health department Web sites for information about additional HAI prevention efforts underway in each state.

 
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