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California

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:
    • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $771,472
  • 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

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Connecticut

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:
    • CLABSIs: 73.2%
    • CAUTIs: 14.6%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 1-4
    • 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 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $69,980
  • 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:

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Florida

Florida

  • Patients in Florida hospitals had 46 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. percent between 2008 and 2011.  (SIR=0.54, What is this?)
  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
    • CLABSIs: 78.9%
    • CAUTIs: 41.8%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 66
    • This state has done some type of validation effort for CAUTI.
  • State hospital association 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
  • States has implemented a CRE 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: $350,206.66
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $421,472
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,743,280

State Contact:

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Hawaii

Hawaii

  • Patients in Hawaii hospitals had 74 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.26, What is this?)
  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
    • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $70,992
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $429,587

State Contact:

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Idaho

Idaho

State Contact:

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Kansas

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:
    • CLABSIs: 28.9%
    • CAUTIs: 27.5%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 12
    • This state has done some type of validation effort for CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI.
  • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $576,307

State Contact:

  • 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

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Maine

Maine

State Contact:

  • 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

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Michigan

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:
    • CLABSIs: 59.9%
    • CAUTIs: 21.7%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 28
  • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $782,173
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $685,729

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

  • 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
  • Michigan Department of Community Health

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Missouri

Missouri

State Contact:

  • 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
  • Missouri Department of Health

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Montana

Montana

State Contact:

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North Dakota

North Dakota

State Contact:

  • Faye Salzer
    HAI Activities Coordinator
    North Dakota Department of Health
    Division of Disease Control
    PO Box 241
    Ashley, ND 58413

  • Phone: (701) 333-8389

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Nevada

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:
    • CLABSIs: 50.0%
    • CAUTIs: 34.8%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 11
    • 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
  • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $296,516
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830

State Contact:

  • 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

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New Hampshire

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:
    • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $737,551

State Contact:

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New Mexico

New Mexico

  • Patients in New Mexico hospitals had 48 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.52, What is this?)
  • The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
    • CLABSIs: 62.5%
    • CAUTIs: 27.1%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 5
    • 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 HAIs data to NHSN
  • State health department and hospital association are involved with CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
  • One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network*
  • State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
  • State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
  • State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
  • State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
  • 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $323,494.66
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $403,465
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,099,998

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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New York

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:
    • 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
  • 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
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funding amount: $392,863
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,599,048

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Ohio

Ohio

State Contact:

  • Cathy J. Zuercher, BSN, RN, BC
    Outbreak Response and Bioterrorism Investigation Team
    Bureau of Disease Investigation and Surveillance
    Division of Prevention
    Ohio Department of Health
    35 East Chestnut Street, 6 FL
    Columbus, OH 43213

  • Phone: (614) 752-4487
    Fax: (614) 564-2456

Ohio Department of Health

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Oregon

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:
    • CLABSIs: 68.8%
    • CAUTIs: 34.4%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 53
    • 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 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
  • 2012 Other Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $302,987.65  
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $426,524
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) funded amount: $341,258
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $724,228

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Puerto Rico

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:
    • CLABSIs: 32.2%
    • CAUTIs: 30.5%
    • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 0
  • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,154
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $201,830

State Contact:

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Tennessee

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:
    • 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
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $768,006
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (EIP) Funded Amount: $354,212
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act (ELC) funding amount: $1,746,164

* 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

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Vermont

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:
    • 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.
  • 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $67,236
  • 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $830,600

* These projects include laboratory components

State Contact:

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Washington

Washington

* 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

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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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