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Alaska

- Patients in Alaska hospitals had 28 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.72, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- State has implemented CDC injection safety initiatives
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
- Kim Spink, RN, BSN, CIC
HAI Coordinator
Nurse Epidemiologist
Section of Epidemiology
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK 99503-5932 - Phone: (907) 269-8085
Fax: (907)562-7802
Arizona

- Patients in Arizona 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:
- 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 C. diff 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: $184,278.40
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2012 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $75,000.00
- Activity: Implementation of Laboratory Tests for Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $316,087
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (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:
- Vinita Oberoi, MPH
Healthcare Associated Infections Program Manager
Office of Infectious Disease Services
Arizona Department of Health Services
150 N. 18th Ave., Suite 140
Phoenix, AZ 85007 - Phone: (602) 364-4561
- Vinita.Oberoi@azdhs.gov
- Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Infectious Disease Services
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
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
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
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
Kentucky

- Patients in Kentucky hospitals had 28 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.72, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state has trained a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $341,141.27
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $274,784
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $276,125
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Andrea Flinchum MPH, BSN, CIC
HAI Prevention Program Manager
Infectious Disease Branch
Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning - Phone: (502) 564-3261 ext 4248
Fax: (502) 564-2816 - andrea.flinchum@ky.gov
- Kentucky Department for Public Health - Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention
Missouri

- Patients in Missouri 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:
- 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 C.diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Washington University and BJC Epi-Center for Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections
- Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
- Washington University and BJC Epi-Center for Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $70,000.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,121
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $203,730
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Eddie Hedrick BS, MT(ASCP), CIC
Emerging Infections Coordinator
Senior Epidemiology Specialist
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control & Prevention
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, Missouri 65109 - Phone: (573) 864-5317
- Eddie.Hedrick@health.mo.gov
- Missouri Department of Health
Montana

- Patients in Montana hospitals had 59 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.41, 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 C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA 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: $83,372.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure , B (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Joel Merriman
MT HAI Coordinator
Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health and Safety
Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention - Phone: (406) 444-0274
- JMerriman@mt.gov
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
North Dakota

- Patients in North Dakota hospitals had 63 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.37, 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 C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CAUTI 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 has implemented a Hand Hygiene Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 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: $74,185.20
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $48,611
- 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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Faye Salzer
HAI Activities Coordinator
North Dakota Department of Health
Division of Disease Control
PO Box 241
Ashley, ND 58413 - Phone: (701) 333-8389
- fsalzer@nd.gov
Nebraska

- Patients in Nebraska hospitals had 39 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.61, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a C.diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $100,008.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,300
- 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:
- Tom Safranek, M.D.
State Epidemiologist
Division of Public Health
Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services
301 Centennial Mall
Lincoln, NE 68509 - Phone (main): (402) 471-2937
Phone (direct): (402) 471-0550 Fax: (402) 471-3601 - tom.safranek@nebraska.gov
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services - Healthcare-associated Infections Prevention
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
Puerto Rico

- Patients in Puerto Rico hospitals had 41 percent more central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=1.41, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's 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 CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- 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
- 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: $70,307.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,154
- 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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Ada M Cortés Rodríguez, MS
Epidemióloga
Oficina de Epidemiología e Investigación
Departamento de Salud
PO Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936-0184 - Phone: (787) 274-6831
- Phone: (787) 274-5701
Fax: (787) 751-6937 - amcortes@salud.gov.pr
- Puerto Rico Department of Health
Rhode Island

- Patients in Rhode Island 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:
- 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
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention 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: $69,872.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,147
- 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)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Rosa Baier, MPH
Senior Scientist
Quality Partners of Rhode Island
235 Promenade Street
Suite 500, Box 18
Providence, RI 02908 -
Phone: (401)528-3205
Fax: (401)528-3210 - rbaier@riqio.sdps.org
- Rhode Island Department of Health
South Dakota

- Patients in South Dakota hospitals had 56 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.44, 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 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: $69,422.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $63,945
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $174,358
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Angela M. Jackley, RN
HAI Coordinator
Disease Intervention Specialist
South Dakota Department of Health
302 East Dakota Ave
Pierre, SD 57501 - Phone: (605) 773-5348
Fax: (605) 773-4072 - Angela.Jackley@state.sd.us
- South Dakota 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:
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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
-
Phone: (801) 538-6284
Fax: (801) 538-9115 - SVarley@Utah.gov
- Utah Dept of Health Bureau of Epidemiology
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
The information included in this map describes state HAI prevention efforts with financial and/or technical support provided by CDC. Please refer to state health department Web sites for information about additional HAI prevention efforts underway in each state.
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