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Alabama
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 80%
- 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
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $487,133
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (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)
State Contact:
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Nadine Crawford
HAI Coordinator, Infection Control Officer
Alabama Department of Public Health
Division of Epidemiology Bureau of Communicable Disease
201 Monroe Street, Suite 1460
Montgomery, AL 36104
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Phone: (334) 206-5932
Fax: (334) 206-5967 - Nadine.Crawford@adph.state.al.us
- Alabama Department of Public Health - HAI Reporting and Prevention Program
Arkansas
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 63%
- 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
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (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)
State Contact:
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Megan Berley
HAI Program Coordinator/ Epidemiologist
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham St., Slot 32
Little Rock, AR 72205
- Phone: 501-661-2296
- Megan.Berley@arkansas.gov
- Arkansas Department of Health
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
District of Columbia
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 75%
- 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
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $250,702
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $63,642
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
District of Columbia:
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Lujain Said
Intern
District of Columbia Department of Health
Health Emergency Preparedness
and Response Administration
Division of Epidemiology,
Disease Surveillance and Investigation
64 New York Avenue, NE
Suite 5000
Washington, DC 20002 - Phone: (202) 442-5859
Fax: (202) 442-8060 - Lujain.said@dc.gov
- District of Columbia Department of Health
Delaware
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 85%
- 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
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,760
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Gennene Mengistu, MD, PhD
Epidemiologist III, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Section
Delaware Division of Public Health
Bureau of Epidemiology
Thomas Collins Building, Suite 7
540 South Du Pont Highway
Dover, DE 19901 - Phone: (302) 744-1078
Fax: (302) 223-1540 - Gennene.Mengistu@state.de.us
- Delaware Division of Public Health Bureau of Epidemiology
Hawaii
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 60%
- 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 is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $429,587
- Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $70,992
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Rike Weiss
HAI Collaborative Coordinator
Hawai‘i State Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl St. #120
Honolulu, HI 96813 - Phone: 808-586-4167
Fax: 808-586-4193
- Hawaii Department of Health
Illinois
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 80%
- 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
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Epicenter
- Cook County Health & Hospital System
- Rush University Medical Center
- Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Epicenter
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative.
- State has implemented two C. diff Prevention Collaboratives.
- This state is part of an HHS study evaluating MDROs on environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities*
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $853,443
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $779,616
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Erica Abu-Ghallous, MSN, MPH, RN
Division of Patient Safety and Quality
Illinois Department of Public Health
122 S. Michigan Avenue 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
- Phone: (312) 814-2915
Fax: (312) 814-1953 - erica.abughallous@illinois.gov
- Illinois Department of Public Health
Indiana
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 73.6%
- 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 a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $694,152
- 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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Terry Whitson
Assistant Commissioner
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street, #5A
Indianapolis, IN 46204 - Phone: (317) 233-7022
Fax: (317) 233-7053 - twhitson@isdh.in.gov
- Indiana Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infections Resource Center
Maine
- 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 has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $966,787
- 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)
State Contact:
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Peg Shore
HAI Prevention Coordinator
DHHS/Maine CDC
Division of Infectious Disease
286 Water Street, 8th floor
11 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04330-0011 - Phone: (207) 287-6028
Fax: (207) 287-8186 - 1-800-821-5821 24-hour Reporting Line
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services
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
Massachusetts
- 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
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Translation Prevention Research Epicenter
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Wellesley, Mass.
- Translation Prevention Research Epicenter
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,599,587
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $521,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Eileen McHale
Patient Safety Ombudsman
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction
99 Chauncy Street
Boston, MA 02111-1703 - Phone: (617) 753-7324
- Eileen.mchale@state.ma.us
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Nevada
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 95%
- 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 MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $296,516
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Giovanna Santovito-Carducci RN, CIC
Nevada HAI coordinator
State of Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance
4220 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 810
Las Vegas, NV 89119 -
Phone: (702) 486-6515 Extension 274
Fax: (702) 486-6520 - gcarducci@health.nv.gov
New Hampshire
- 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
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene 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 funding amount: $737,551
- 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)
State Contact:
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Katrina E. Hansen, M.P.H.
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Coordinator
Infectious Disease Surveillance Section
NH Department of Health and Human Services
29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301-6504 -
Phone: (603) 271-8325
Fax: (603) 271-0545 - Katrina.Hansen@dhhs.state.nh.us
- New Hampshire Department of Health
New Jersey
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 75%
- 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
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $217,067
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (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)
State Contact:
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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
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
North Carolina
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 84%
- 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 CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- States has implemented a CLABSI 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.
- Duke University Prevention Epicenter
- 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)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $339,277
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Connie Jones, RN, CIC
HAI Project Coordinator - Raleigh Office (919) 733-9560
- Winston-Salem Office (336) 771-4641 ext 217
- constance.d.jones@dhhs.nc.gov
- North Carolina Division of Public Health
Oklahoma
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 48.1%
- 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 a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,238,301
- 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)
State Contact:
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Vonnie Meritt, RN, MPH
Director of Quality Initiatives
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th
Oklahoma City, OK 73117 -
Phone: (405) 271-9444, ext. 57330
Fax: (405) 271-1308 - VonnieM@health.ok.gov
- Oklahoma 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
Pennsylvania
- 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
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Adult and Pediatric Prevention Epicenter Network
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Adult and Pediatric Prevention Epicenter Network
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,020,480
- 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)
State Contact:
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Stephen Ostroff, MD
Acting, Physician General
Pennsylvania Department of Health
625 Forster Street, Room 933
Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120 - Phone: (717) 787.3350
Fax: (717) 772.6975 - sostroff@state.pa.us
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
South Carolina
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 96%
- 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
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- 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)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street,
Columbia, SC 29201 - Phone: (803) 898-3432
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
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
Texas
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 67.9%
- 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 a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- States that have implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,233,977
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA):
- State of Texas funding: $273,285
- Activity: HAI Prevention Initiatives
- Houston: $341,500
- Activity: Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- State of Texas funding: $273,285
State Contact:
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Wes Hodgson, MPA
State Plan Project Coordinator
Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI)
Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Branch
Infectious Disease Control Unit
Division of Prevention and Preparedness
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 W 49th Street
Austin TX, 78756
- Phone: (512) 776-6364
- Wesley.Hodgson@dshs.state.tx.us
- Texas Department of Health
Utah
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 42%
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state was selected for a 2006 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC 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)
State Contact:
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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
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Phone: (801) 538-6284
Fax: (801) 538-9115 - SVarley@Utah.gov
- Utah Dept of Health Bureau of Epidemiology
Virginia
- 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
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- 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 funding amount: $1,063,554
- 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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Andrea Alvarez, MPH
Healthcare-Associated Infections Epidemiologist
Virginia Department of Health
Division of Surveillance and Investigation
109 Governor St, 5th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
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Phone:
804.864.8097
Fax: 804.864-8139 - Andrea.Alvarez@vdh.virginia.gov
- Virginia Department of Health
Vermont
- 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
- This state is training 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 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
- This state is part of an HHS study evaluating MDROs on environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities*
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $830,600
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $67,236
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Carol Wood-Koob RN , CIC
HAI Prevention Coordinator
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street
Burlington, VT 05401 -
Phone: (802) 951-5150
Fax: (802) 951-4061 - carol.wood-koob@ahs.state.vt.us
- Vermont Department of Health
Washington
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 83%
- 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
- This state was selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $873,266
- Activity B: Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,153
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
- Pamela Lovinger
Sr. Advisor for Policy and Business Practices Epidemiology
Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories
PO Box 47811
Olympia, Washington 98504-7811
Washington State Department of Health
- Pamela.lovinger@doh.wa.gov
- Washington State Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infections Program
West Virginia
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 74%
- 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
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $62,760
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Thein Shwe, MS, MPH
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Coordinator
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Room 125
350 Capitol St.
Charleston, WV 25301
- Phone: (304) 558-5358
- thein.shwe@wv.gov
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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