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Alabama
- 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:
- 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)
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
- Patients in Arkansas hospitals had 52 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.48, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $94,774.40
- 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
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Megan Berley, MPH
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
- Patients in California 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:
- 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
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $670,169.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $771,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 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)
* 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
- Patients in Colorado hospitals had 41 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.59, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $334,269.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2012 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $150,000.00
- Activity: Reporting and Ensuring the Quality of Healthcare-associated Infection Data (HAI Surveillance)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $363,302
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 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)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contacts:
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Tamara Hoxworth, Ph.D.
CO HAI Coordinator
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) 692-2930
Fax: (303) 753-6124 - tamara.hoxworth@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
- Patients in Connecticut hospitals had 37 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.63, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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 MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA 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
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $395,493.86
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA 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)
- 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)
* 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
Delaware
- Patients in Delaware hospitals had 47 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.53, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $82,955.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA 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)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Tabatha N. Offutt-Powell, Dr.P.H.
Healthcare-Associated Infections Coordinator
Disease Investigations Manager
Bureau of Epidemiology
Delaware Division of Public Health
540 S. Dupont Highway
Dover, Delaware 19901
- Phone: 302-744-1058
- Email tabatha.offutt-powell@state.de.us
- Delaware Health and Social Services
District of Columbia
- Patients in District of Columbia 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:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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: $63,642
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $250,702
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
District of Columbia:
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John O. Davies-Cole, PhD, MPH
State Epidemiologist
Center for Policy, Planning & Evaluation
District of Columbia Department of Health
899 North Capitol St NE
Washington, DC 20002 - Phone: (202) 442-9138
Fax: (202) 442-4833 - john.davies-cole@dc.gov
- District of Columbia Department of Health
Georgia
- 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:
- 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
State Contact:
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Jeanne Negley, MBA
HAI Surveillance Program Director
Acute Disease and Epidemiology Section
Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health Acute Disease Epidemiology Section
2 Peachtree Street NW, #14-225
Atlanta, GA 30303 - Phone: (404) 657-2593
Fax: (404) 657-7517 - jenegley@dhr.state.ga.us
- Georgia Department of Public Health - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Hawaii
- Patients in Hawaii hospitals had 74 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.26, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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 CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $87,970.20
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA 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)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $429,587
- Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Zeshan Chisty
HAI Collaborative Coordinator
Hawaii State Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl St. #458
Honolulu, HI 96813 - Phone: (808) 587-6377
Fax: (808) 586-4595 - Zeshan.Chisty@doh.hawaii.gov
- Hawaii Department of Health
Illinois
- Patients in Illinois hospitals had 41 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.59, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State hospital association 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
- 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.
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- This state is part of an HHS study evaluating MDROs on environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities*
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $447,159.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA 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)
- 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)
* 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
- Patients in Indiana hospitals had 42 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.58, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $83,574.00
- 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: $694,152
- Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Shannon (Millay) Arroyo, MPH
Healthcare Associated Infections Epidemiologist
Indiana State Department of Health
Surveillance and Investigation Division
2 North Meridian Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46204 - Phone: (317) 233-7036
Fax: (317) 234-2812 - SArroyo@isdh.in.gov
- Indiana Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infections Resource Center
Maine
- Patients in Maine hospitals had 1 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.99, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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 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
- 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: $966,787
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC 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
- Patients in Maryland 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:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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 CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a VAP 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
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $333,494.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA 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)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $394,129
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EL) funding amount: $1,258,613
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contacts:
- Katherine Richards, MPH
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Coordinator
Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response
Prevention and Health Promotion Administration
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street, 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201 - Phone: (410) 767-3543
Fax: (410) 669-4215 - Katie.Richards@maryland.gov
- Theressa Lee, MD
Chief, Hospital Quality Initiatives
Maryland Health Care Commission
4160 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215 - Phone: (410) 764-3328
Fax: (410) 358-1311 - theressa.lee@maryland.gov
- Maryland HealthCare Commission
Massachusetts
- Patients in Massachusetts hospitals had 44 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.56, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $333,494.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA 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)
- 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)
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
- Patients in Nevada hospitals had 42 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.58, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State hospital association 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
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA 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
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA 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)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Kimisha Griffin, MPH
Health Surveyor II
Office of Public Health Informatics & Epidemiology
Nevada State Health Division
3811 W. Charleston Ste 205
Las Vegas, NV 89102 -
Phone: (702) 486-3568
Fax: (702) 486-0494 - kgriffin@health.nv.gov
New Hampshire
- Patients in New Hampshire hospitals had 36 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.64, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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 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 CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI 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
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $72,235.20
- 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: $737,551
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC 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
- Patients in New Jersey hospitals had 27 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.73, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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 CDC injection safety initiatives and participates in the One and Only Campaign
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $33,934.60
- Activity: 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: $180,000.00
- Activity: Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance
- 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: $217,067
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC 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 Mexico
- Patients in New Mexico hospitals had 48 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.52, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAIs data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are involved with 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 CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $323,494.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives 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 (EIP) funding amount: $403,465
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,099,998
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC 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
- Patients in New York hospitals had 16 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.84, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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 CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $648,428.11
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2012 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $220,000.00
- Activity: Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $621,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $392,863
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,599,048
- Activity: B, C (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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
- 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:
- 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.
- Duke University Prevention Epicenter
- 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)
State Contact:
-
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
Ohio
- Patients in Ohio hospitals had 53 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.47, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state was selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- 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 MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a VAP 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: $373,868
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
-
Cathy J. Zuercher, BSN, RN, BC
Outbreak Response and Bioterrorism Investigation Team
Bureau of Disease Investigation and Surveillance
Division of Prevention
Ohio Department of Health
35 East Chestnut Street, 6 FL
Columbus, OH 43213 -
Phone: (614) 752-4487
Fax: (614) 564-2456 - Cathy.Zuercher@odh.ohio.gov
- Surveillance@odh.ohio.gov
Oklahoma
- Patients in Oklahoma hospitals had 49 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.51, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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
- 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: $81,617.00
- 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: $1,238,301
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
-
Vonnie Meritt, RN, MPH, BSN
Director of Quality Initiatives
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th
Oklahoma City, OK 73117 -
Phone: (405) 271-6576
Fax: (405) 271-1308 - VonnieM@health.ok.gov
- Oklahoma Department of Health
Oregon
- Patients in Oregon hospitals had by 62 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.38, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State hospital association 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
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CRE Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $430,766.66
- 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: $302,987.65
- Activity: Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA 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)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funded amount: $341,258
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $724,228
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
-
Zintars G. Beldavs
HAI Prevention Manager
Oregon Health Authority
800 NE Oregon St., Ste 772
Portland, Oregon, 97232 -
Phone: (971) 673-1111
Fax: (971) 673-1100 - zintars.g.beldavs@state.or.us
- Oregon.gov Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention
- Oregon Health Policy and Research
Pennsylvania
- Patients in Pennsylvania hospitals had 51 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.49, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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 has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $20,000.00
- Activity: 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: $275,000.00
- Activity: Improving Antimicrobial Use to Decrease Antimicrobial Resistance HAIs and Clostridium difficile Infections and Identify Cost-effective and Evidence-based Healthcare-associated Infections Intervention Strategies
- 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: $1,020,480
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
-
Ram Nambiar, MD, MPH
Acting, Director
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Health & Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701 - Phone: (717) 787.3350
Fax: (717) 772.6975 - sostroff@state.pa.us
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
South Carolina
- 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:
- 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)
State Contact:
-
Kathleen Antonetti, MD
HAI Section Director
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street,
Columbia, SC 29201 - Phone: (803) 898-3432
- antonekl@dhec.sc.gov
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Tennessee
- 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:
- 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
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
- Patients in Texas hospitals had 44 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.56, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- States that have implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 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
- 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)
State Contact:
-
Ron Gernsbacher, LCSW
HAI Program Coordinator
Healthcare-Associated Infections
and Preventable Adverse Events
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 W 49th Street
Austin TX, 78756
- Phone: (512) 776-6545
- ron.gernsbacher@dshs.state.tx.us
- Texas Department of Health
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:
- 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)
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
Virginia
- Patients in Virginia 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:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are 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 CAUTI and UTI Prevention Collaborative in LTC Facilities
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 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: $1,063,554
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
-
Andrea Alvarez, MPH
Healthcare-Associated Infections Epidemiologist
Virginia Department of Health
Division of Surveillance and Investigation
109 Governor St, 5th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
-
Phone:
804.864.8097
Fax: 804.864-8139 - Andrea.Alvarez@vdh.virginia.gov
- Virginia Department of Health
Vermont
- Patients in Vermont hospitals had 75 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.25, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- 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*
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $284.605.70.
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA 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)
- 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)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
-
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
- Patients in Washington hospitals had 52 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.48, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State hospital association 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
- This state was selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a VAP 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)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,153
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $873,266
- Activity B: Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
- David Birnbaum, PhD, MPH
Program Manager
Healthcare Associated Infections Program
Division of Disease Control and Health Statistics
Washington State Department of Health
PO Box 47811
Olympia, Washington 98504-7811
- David.Birnbaum@DOH.WA.GOV
- Washington State Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infections Program
West Virginia
- Patients in West Virginia hospitals had 54 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.46, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State hospital association 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 MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI 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)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $62,760
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (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)
State Contact:
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Dee Bixler, MD MPH
Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Room 125
350 Capitol St.
Charleston, WV 25301
- Phone: (304) 558-5358
- dee.bixler@wv.gov
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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