HHS Organizational Region 4

• Patients in Georgia hospitals had 18 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.82, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 62.7%
  • CAUTIs: 34.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 32
• 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 Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
• Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
• State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
• EIP funding amount: $497,911
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA 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)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $497,911
  • Activity A: Infrastructure (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)

* These projects include laboratory components

• Patients in Kentucky hospitals had 28 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.72, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 61.2%
  • CAUTIs: 28.4%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 7
• State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• This state has trained a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
• State has implemented a C. diff 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: $341,141.27
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $274,784
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $276,125
  • Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in Alabama hospitals had 31 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.69, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 65.3%
  • CAUTIs: 80.5%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 74
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI. For CAUTI, this includes audit of medical records.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State hospital association is involved with CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
• State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
• 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)
• 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: $487,133
  • Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in Florida hospitals had 46 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. percent between 2008 and 2011.  (SIR=0.54, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 78.9%
  • CAUTIs: 41.8%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 66
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CAUTI.
• State hospital association 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
• States has implemented a CRE Prevention Collaborative
• Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
• State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $350,206.66
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $421,472
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,743,280
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in North Carolina 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: 69.9%
  • CAUTIs: 26.3%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 32
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and CAUTI. This includes audit of medical records.
• 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 CDC injection safety initiatives and participates in the One and Only Campaign
• State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
• States has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
• This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
  • Duke University Prevention Epicenter
    - Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $59,022.40
  • Activities: 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: $33,125.00
  • Activity: Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $339,277
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,659,130
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in South Carolina hospitals had 29 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.71, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 82.7%
  • CAUTIs: 30.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 59
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI. This includes audit of medical records.
• 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
• 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 SSI Prevention Collaborative
• State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $160,888.00
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELC) (see ACA 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)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in Tennessee hospitals had 30 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.70, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 62.3%
  • CAUTIs: 16.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 80
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI.
• 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 a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
• States has implemented a CRE 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
• Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $408,754.66
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (see ACA 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)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) Funded Amount: $354,212
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,746,164
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

* These projects include laboratory components

• Patients in Mississippi hospitals had 39 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.61, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 38.7%
  • CAUTIs: 20.7%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 15
• State hospital association is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA 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)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
  • Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)