States With Health Departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) Network
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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
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
- Lynn Janssen, MS, CIC
Coordinator, HAI Liaison Program (ARRA Grant)
Healthcare-associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Bldg E
Richmond CA 94804 - Phone: (510) 307-8652
- California Department of Public Health Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Program
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
- Activity B and C: Monitoring and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $363,302
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contacts:
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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 - Sreese@smtpgate.dphe.state.co.us
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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 - wendy.bamberg@state.co.us
- Colorado Department of Health
Connecticut
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 71%
- 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 CLABSI 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 (EIP) funding amount: $338,531
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $878,049
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $69,980
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
- Richard Melchreit, MD
Coordinator, healthcare-associated Infections Program
Connecticut Department of Public Health - Phone: (860) 509-7833
- Richard.Melchreit@ct.gov
- Connecticut Department of Public Health
Georgia
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 67%
- 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 Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- EIP funding amount: $497,911
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $497,911
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Teresa Fox, MS.Ed. MT(ASCP), CIC
HAI Surveillance Program Director
Acute Disease and Epidemiology Section
Georgia Department of Community Health,
Division of Public Health
2 Peachtree St., NW
Suite 14-232
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142 - Phone: (404) 657-6452
Fax: (404) 657-7517 - tkfox@dhr.state.ga.us
- Georgia Department of Public Health - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Maryland
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 71%
- 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 Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- This state is part of an HHS study evaluating MDROs on environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities*
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- EIP funding amount: $394,129
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,258,613
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,853
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contacts:
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Katherine Feldman, DVM, MPH, Principal Investigator, ELC
Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response
Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - KFeldman@dhmh.state.md.us
- Lucy E. Wilson, MD, Sc.M
Chief, Center for Surveillance, Infection Prevention and Outbreak Response
Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response
Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - lewilson@dhmh.state.md.us
Minnesota
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 40%
- 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
- 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
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act EIP funding amount: $404,863
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act ELC funding amount: $652,728
- Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Jean Rainbow
Nurse Specialist - HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
625 Robert St. N.
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975 -
Phone: (651) 201-5104
Fax: (651) 201-5743 - Jean.rainbow@state.mn.us
- Minnesota Department of Health
New Mexico
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 64.3%
- 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*
- States has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- EIP funding amount: $403,465
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,099,998
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Joan Baumbach, MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau Chief
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N1350
PO Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87505 - Phone: (505) 827-0011
- Fax: (505) 827-0013
- joan.baumbach@state.nm.us
- New Mexico Department of Health
New York
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 100%
- 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 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*
- State has implemented CDC injection safety initiatives and participates in the One and Only Campaign
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- EIP funding amount: $392,863
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,599,048
- Activity: B, C (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $621,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* 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 - clv02@health.state.ny.us
Cindi Dubner
State HAI Plan Coordinator
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Healthcare-Associated Infections
ESP Corning Tower, Room 2580
Albany, NY 12237-
Phone: (518) 474-3343
Fax: (518) 473-4090 - clk01@health.state.ny.us
- New York Department of Health
Oregon
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 92%
- 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 CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- EIP funded amount: $341,258
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $724,228
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $426,524
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Jeanne Negley, MBA
HAI Prevention Coordinator
Oregon Health Authority
Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
1225 Ferry Street SE, 1st Floor
Salem, OR 97301 -
Phone: (503) 373-1793
Fax: (503) 378-5511 - Jeanne.Negley@state.or.us
- Oregon.gov Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention
- Oregon Health Policy and Research
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
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $768,006
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* 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
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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