State Has Implemented a CDI Prevention Collaborative
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Colorado
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 86%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $414,402
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $977,516
- Activity B and C: Monitoring and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $363,302
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contacts:
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Sara M. Reese, PhD
Patient Safety Program Epidemiologist
Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246 - Phone:(303) 692-2929
Fax: (303) 753-6214 - Sreese@smtpgate.dphe.state.co.us
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Wendy Bamberg, MD
Medical Epidemiologist for Healthcare-Associated Infections
Emerging Infections Program
Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246 - Phone:(303) 692-2491
Fax: (303) 782-0338 - wendy.bamberg@state.co.us
- Colorado Department of Health
Florida
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 82%
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- States has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,743,280
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $421,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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A.C. (Anne-Carol) Burke, M.A.
Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention Program Manager
Florida Department of Health,
Bureau of Epidemiology - Phone: 850-766-7547
- 24-hour Reporting Line: (850) 245-4401,
- AC_Burke@doh.state.fl.us
- Florida Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention Program
Georgia
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 67%
- 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 Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- EIP funding amount: $497,911
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $497,911
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Teresa Fox, MS.Ed. MT(ASCP), CIC
HAI Surveillance Program Director
Acute Disease and Epidemiology Section
Georgia Department of Community Health,
Division of Public Health
2 Peachtree St., NW
Suite 14-232
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142 - Phone: (404) 657-6452
Fax: (404) 657-7517 - tkfox@dhr.state.ga.us
- Georgia Department of Public Health - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Idaho
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 39%
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $508,462
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $58,617
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Kathryn Turner, PhD, MPH
Program Manager Office of Epidemiology, Food Protection, and Immunization
450 West State St., 4th Floor
Boise, ID 83720 - Phone: (208) 334-5870
Fax: (208) 332-7307 - turnerk@dhw.idaho.gov
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Illinois
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 80%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Epicenter
- Cook County Health & Hospital System
- Rush University Medical Center
- Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Epicenter
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative.
- State has implemented two C. diff Prevention Collaboratives.
- This state is part of an HHS study evaluating MDROs on environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities*
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $853,443
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $779,616
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Erica Abu-Ghallous, MSN, MPH, RN
Division of Patient Safety and Quality
Illinois Department of Public Health
122 S. Michigan Avenue 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
- Phone: (312) 814-2915
Fax: (312) 814-1953 - erica.abughallous@illinois.gov
- Illinois Department of Public Health
Indiana
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 73.6%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $694,152
- Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Terry Whitson
Assistant Commissioner
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street, #5A
Indianapolis, IN 46204 - Phone: (317) 233-7022
Fax: (317) 233-7053 - twhitson@isdh.in.gov
- Indiana Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infections Resource Center
Iowa
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 61%
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $880,622
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Mary Rexroat, RN BS
Nurse Epidemiologist
Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology
ADPER | Iowa Department of Public Health
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 - Phone:
(515) 418-2685
Fax: (515) 281-5698 - mary.rexroat@idph.iowa.gov
- Iowa Department of Health HAI website
Massachusetts
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 86%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Translation Prevention Research Epicenter
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Wellesley, Mass.
- Translation Prevention Research Epicenter
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,599,587
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $521,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Eileen McHale
Patient Safety Ombudsman
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction
99 Chauncy Street
Boston, MA 02111-1703 - Phone: (617) 753-7324
- Eileen.mchale@state.ma.us
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Minnesota
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 40%
- 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 C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 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)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Jean Rainbow
Nurse Specialist - HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
625 Robert St. N.
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975 -
Phone: (651) 201-5104
Fax: (651) 201-5743 - Jean.rainbow@state.mn.us
- Minnesota Department of Health
New York
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 100%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
- State has implemented CDC injection safety initiatives and participates in the One and Only Campaign
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- EIP funding amount: $392,863
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,599,048
- Activity: B, C (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $621,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
Carole Van Antwerpen, RN,BSN,CIC
Program Director
Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting
Division of Epidemiology
ESP Corning Towers, Room 2580-
Phone: (518) 474-3343
Fax: (518) 473-4090 - clv02@health.state.ny.us
Cindi Dubner
State HAI Plan Coordinator
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Healthcare-Associated Infections
ESP Corning Tower, Room 2580
Albany, NY 12237-
Phone: (518) 474-3343
Fax: (518) 473-4090 - clk01@health.state.ny.us
- New York Department of Health
Oregon
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 92%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- EIP funded amount: $341,258
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $724,228
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see EIP ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $426,524
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Jeanne Negley, MBA
HAI Prevention Coordinator
Oregon Health Authority
Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
1225 Ferry Street SE, 1st Floor
Salem, OR 97301 -
Phone: (503) 373-1793
Fax: (503) 378-5511 - Jeanne.Negley@state.or.us
- Oregon.gov Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention
- Oregon Health Policy and Research
Pennsylvania
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 100%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Adult and Pediatric Prevention Epicenter Network
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Adult and Pediatric Prevention Epicenter Network
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,020,480
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Stephen Ostroff, MD
Acting, Physician General
Pennsylvania Department of Health
625 Forster Street, Room 933
Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120 - Phone: (717) 787.3350
Fax: (717) 772.6975 - sostroff@state.pa.us
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
Rhode Island
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 69%
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830
- Activity A: Infrastructure (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,147
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA 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
Tennessee
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 79%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state trained a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- EIP Funded Amount: $354,212
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,746,164
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $768,006
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
- Marion A. Kainer MD, MPH, FRACP
Medical Epidemiologist/ Infectious Diseases Physician Director
Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department of Health
CEDS, 1st Floor, Cordell Hull Bldg
425, 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243
Vermont
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 100%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative*
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- This state is part of an HHS study evaluating MDROs on environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities*
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $830,600
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $67,236
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Carol Wood-Koob RN , CIC
HAI Prevention Coordinator
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street
Burlington, VT 05401 -
Phone: (802) 951-5150
Fax: (802) 951-4061 - carol.wood-koob@ahs.state.vt.us
- Vermont Department of Health
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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