State Has Implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
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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
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
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:
-
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
North Carolina

- Patients in North Carolina 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 health department 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 C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- States has implemented a CLABSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Duke University Prevention Epicenter
- Duke University, Durham, N.C.
- Duke University Prevention Epicenter
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $59,022.40
- Activities: 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: $33,125.00
- Activity: Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $339,277
- Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and HAI Prevention Initiatives (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,659,130
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
-
Connie Jones, RN, CIC
HAI Project Coordinator - Raleigh Office (919) 733-9560
- Winston-Salem Office (336) 771-4641 ext 217
- constance.d.jones@dhhs.nc.gov
- North Carolina Division of Public Health
Ohio

- Patients in Ohio hospitals had 53 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.47, 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 was selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- State has implemented a CAUTI Prevention Collaborative
- 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 SSI Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 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: $373,868
- Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
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 - Cathy.Zuercher@odh.ohio.gov
- Surveillance@odh.ohio.gov
Pennsylvania

- Patients in Pennsylvania hospitals had 51 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.49, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State health department and hospital association are involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state is training a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- State has implemented a C. diff Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
- This state was selected for a 2011 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Adult and Pediatric Prevention Epicenter Network
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Adult and Pediatric Prevention Epicenter Network
- State has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $20,000.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2012 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Funding Program Component (PC) funding amount: $275,000.00
- Activity: Improving Antimicrobial Use to Decrease Antimicrobial Resistance HAIs and Clostridium difficile Infections and Identify Cost-effective and Evidence-based Healthcare-associated Infections Intervention Strategies
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $71,472
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $1,020,480
- Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
State Contact:
-
Ram Nambiar, MD, MPH
Acting, Director
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Health & Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701 - Phone: (717) 787.3350
Fax: (717) 772.6975 - sostroff@state.pa.us
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
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:
- 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
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,154
- 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:
-
Ada M Cortés Rodríguez, MS
Epidemióloga
Oficina de Epidemiología e Investigación
Departamento de Salud
PO Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936-0184 - Phone: (787) 274-6831
- Phone: (787) 274-5701
Fax: (787) 751-6937 - amcortes@salud.gov.pr
- Puerto Rico Department of Health
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:
-
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
Washington

- Patients in Washington hospitals had 52 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted. (SIR=0.48, What is this?)
- The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
- Facilities in this state are required by law to report HAI data to NHSN
- State hospital association is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
- This state has trained a CDC/CSTE fellow as a state or local HAI-focused epidemiologist
- This state was selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
- State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a MRSA Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a VAP Prevention Collaborative
- State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
- State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
- 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $66,153
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
- 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $873,266
- Activity B: Monitoring (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)
* These projects include laboratory components
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
- David.Birnbaum@DOH.WA.GOV
- Washington State Department of Health - Healthcare-associated Infections Program
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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