Healthcare-associated Infections

Wisconsin Activities to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections

Financial and/or technical support provided by CDC

Wisconsin

Patients in Wisconsin hospitals had 43 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.57, What is this?)
The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- CLABSIs: 54.2%
- CAUTIs: 31.3%
- The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 47
- This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI. For CLABSI, this includes audit of medical records.
State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
States has implemented a CRE Prevention Collaborative
State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $135,000.00
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2012 Other Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $38,271.00
- Activity: Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $371,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $976,405
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

Wisconsin state plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF - 105 KB]

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

Phone: (608) 267-7711
Fax: (608) 261-4976
gwen.borlaug@wisconsin.gov
Wisconsin Department of Health Services

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.