Healthcare-associated Infections

Utah Activities to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections

Financial and/or technical support provided by CDC

Utah

Patients in Utah hospitals had 33 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.67, What is this?)
The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- CLABSIs: 47.2%
- CAUTIs: 9.4%
- The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 1-4
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 MDRO Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a CRE Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2012 Other Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $306,437.83
- Activity: Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $610,515
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

Utah state plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF - 176 KB]

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

Phone: (801) 538-6284
Fax: (801) 538-9115
SVarley@Utah.gov
Utah Dept of Health Bureau of Epidemiology

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.