Healthcare-associated Infections

New Jersey Activities to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections

Financial and/or technical support provided by CDC

New Jersey

Patients in New Jersey hospitals had 27 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.73, What is this?)
The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- CLABSIs: 76.6%
- CAUTIs: 76.6%
- The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 71
- This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI.
Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
State health department and hospital association are 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 CDC injection safety initiatives and participates in the One and Only Campaign
State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $33,934.60
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2012 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $180,000.00
- Activity: Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance
2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $217,067
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

State Contact:

Emmanuel Noggoh
Director, Office of healthcare Quality Assessment
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Office of healthcare Quality Assessment
240 W State Street, 11th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone: (609) 984-7334
Fax: (609) 984-7735
emmanuel.noggoh@doh.state.nj.us
New Jersey Department of Health

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.