Colorado

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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: $1,236,089
  • Activities: HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; Data Validation; 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: $367,426
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Data Validation, Hemodialysis BSI, and Injection Safety
• 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
  • Infection Control Assessment Program: $469,436
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $1,521,030
• 2014 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $351,317
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Data Validation, Hemodialysis BSI, and Injection Safety
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $175,850
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance
• From 2009-2012 Colorado received funding to build HAI infrastructure, conduct surveillance, and engage in prevention activities

Colorado state plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 199 KB]

Colorado HAI Reports

State Contact:

Wendy Bamberg, MD
Medical Epidemiologist for Healthcare-Associated Infections
Emerging Infections Program
Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246