These States Were Selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter Program to Support Innovative Approaches to Reducing HAIs

• 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
• 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

• 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.
• 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)

• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 76.6%
• 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
• This state was selected for a 2006 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
  • Ohio State University
    - Ohio State Prevention Epicenter, Ohio State Health Network Infection Control Collaborative
• State is involved with antimicrobial stewardship activities
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $373,868
  • Activities A and B: Infrastructure and Monitoring (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)

• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 42%
• State health department is involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI
• This state was selected for a 2006 CDC Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
  • University of Utah
    - Utah Prevention Epicenter Intermountain Center of Excellence for Infection Prevention Strategies
• 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: $610,515
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, HAI Prevention Initiatives and Antimicrobial Use Surveillance (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)

• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting data on at least one HAI to CDC's NHSN: 83%
• 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
• This state was selected for CDC's Prevention Epicenter program to support innovative approaches to reducing HAIs
• State has implemented a Prevention Collaborative for LTC Facilities*
• State has implemented a MDRO Prevention Collaborative
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $873,266
  • Activity B: Monitoring (see ELC 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)

* These projects include laboratory components