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Connecticut
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 71%
- 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 CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- 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
- 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)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $69,980
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA 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
Hawaii
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 60%
- 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 MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $429,587
- Activities A and C: Infrastructure and Prevention Projects (see ELC 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)
State Contact:
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Rike Weiss
HAI Collaborative Coordinator
Hawai‘i State Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl St. #120
Honolulu, HI 96813 - Phone: 808-586-4167
Fax: 808-586-4193
- Hawaii Department of Health
Maine
- 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 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
- 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)
- 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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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
Michigan
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 75.4%
- 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 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
- 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)
- 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)
* These projects include laboratory components
State Contact:
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Jennie L. Finks, DVM, MVPH
Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiologist and Team Lead
Surveillance of Healthcare-associated and Resistant Pathogens (SHARP) Unit
Surveillance and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (SIDE) Section
Michigan Department of Community Health
Capitol View Building, 5th floor
201 Townsend St
Lansing, MI 48913 - Phone: (517) 335-9547
Fax: (517) 335-8263 - FinksJ@michigan.gov
- Michigan Department of Community Health
Oklahoma
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 48.1%
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 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)
- 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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Vonnie Meritt, RN, MPH
Director of Quality Initiatives
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th
Oklahoma City, OK 73117 -
Phone: (405) 271-9444, ext. 57330
Fax: (405) 271-1308 - VonnieM@health.ok.gov
- Oklahoma 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
Wisconsin
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 74.3%
- State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- State has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $976,405
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $371,472
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
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Gwen Borlaug, CIC, MPH
Infection Control Epidemiologist
Division of Public Health
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
1 West Wilson Street Room 318
Madison, WI 53702
- Phone: (608) 267-7711
Fax: (608) 261-4976 - gwen.borlaug@wisconsin.gov
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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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