These States are Training a CDC/CSTE Fellow as a State or Local HAI-Focused Epidemiologist

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 59.8%
  • CAUTIs: 19.6%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 14
• 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)

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 83.9%
  • CAUTIs: 24.2%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 332
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI. This includes audit of medical records.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State 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

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 55.6%
  • CAUTIs: 33.3%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 1-4
• 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)

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 72.5%
  • CAUTIs: 26.6%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 137
  • o This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI. This includes audit of medical records.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State 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
• 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

• Patients in Kentucky hospitals had 28 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.72, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 61.2%
  • CAUTIs: 28.4%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 7
• State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• This state has trained a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
• State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
• State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $341,141.27
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $274,784
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $276,125
  • Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in 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:
  • CLABSIs: 53.7%
  • CAUTIs: 14.6%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 1-4
• 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)

• Patients in Minnesota hospitals had 60 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.40, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 34.7%
  • CAUTIs: 4.2%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 5
• 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 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 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: $200,000.00
  • Activity: Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (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: $404,863
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $652,728
  • Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

* These projects include laboratory components

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 82.8%
  • CAUTIs: 17.2%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 26
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• This state 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)

• 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:
  • CLABSIs:70.5%
  • CAUTIs: 31.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 178
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI. This includes audit of medical records.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State health department 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

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 76.6%
  • CAUTIs: 76.6%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 71
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI.
• 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)

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 80.5%
  • CAUTIs: 86.0%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 171
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and CAUTI.
• 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.
• 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)

• Patients in South Carolina hospitals had 29 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.71, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 82.7%
  • CAUTIs: 30.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 59
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI. This includes audit of medical records.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
• State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
• State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $160,888.00
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELC) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)

• Patients in Tennessee hospitals had 30 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.70, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 62.3%
  • CAUTIs: 16.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 80
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI and SSI.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
• One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
• State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
• States has implemented a CRE Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
• State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
• State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
• Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $408,754.66
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $768,006
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) Funded Amount: $354,212
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,746,164
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)

* These projects include laboratory components

• Patients in 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:
  • CLABSIs: 50.0%
  • CAUTIs: 10%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 13
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for SSI.
• 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

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 74.3%
  • CAUTIs: 33.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 24
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI.
• 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

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 67.2%
  • CAUTIs: 48.3%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 10
• 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)

• 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:
  • CLABSIs: 60.2%
  • CAUTIs: 37.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 42
  • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI. This includes audit of medical records.
• Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
• State hospital association is involved with 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