California

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Funding Information

• One of 10 state health departments in the Emerging Infections Programs (EIP) network
• 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $2,126,016
  • Activities: Educational Efforts to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use; HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; Hemodialysis Bloodstream Infections (BSI); Injection Safety; and Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Laboratory Capacity (see ELC HAI-funded Activities for more information)
• 2015 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $831,292
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Prevention, Hemodialysis BSI Prevention, and Injection Safety 
• 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
  • Infection Control Assessment Program: $1,943,953
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $2,246,870
• 2014 ELC Funding Amount: $779,745
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Clostridium difficile (CDI) infection, Hemodialysis BSI, Injection Safety
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $663,425
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections Across the Spectrum of Healthcare
• From 2009-2012 California received funding to build HAI infrastructure, conduct surveillance, and engage in prevention activities

• California state plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 172 KB]
• California HAI Reports

State Contact:

California Department of Public Health
Center for Health Care Quality
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building E, Richmond CA 94808

Telephone 510-412-6060

Lynn Janssen, Chief, HAI Program, lynn.janssen@cdph.ca.gov

Erin Epson, MD, Assistant Chief, HAI Program, erin.epson@cdph.ca.gov

Vicki Keller, Liaison Program Coordinator, vicki.keller@cdph.ca.gov

California Department of Public Health Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Program