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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
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
Kansas
- Patients in Kansas hospitals had 57 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.43, 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 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: $103,700.00
- 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: $576,307
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Joseph M. Scaletta, MPH, RN, CIC
Director, KDHE Healthcare-associated Infections Program
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Surveillance and Epidemiology
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 210
Topeka KS 66612-1274 - Office: (785) 296-4090
Fax: (785) 291-3775
Epidemiology Hotline: (877) 427-7317 - JScaletta@kdheks.gov
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
Michigan
- Patients in Michigan hospitals had 64 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.36, 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
- 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 MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Hand Hygiene 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
- Dialysis facilities in this state are participating in prevention and/or reporting initiatives for HAIs
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $361,653.66
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $782,173
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $685,729
- 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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Jennie L. Finks, DVM, MVPH
Surveillance of Healthcare-associated and Resistant Pathogens (SHARP) Unit
Michigan Department of Community Health
Capitol View Building, 5th floor
201 Townsend, 5th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913 - Phone: (517) 335-9547
Fax: (517) 335-8263 - FinksJ@michigan.gov
- Michigan Department of Community 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
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 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 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
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:
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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:
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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
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
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
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
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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:
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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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