New Mexico

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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: $999,953
  • Activities: HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; Data Vaidation; 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: $176,971
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Data Validation
• 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
  • Infection Control Assessment Program: $452,007
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $273,277
• 2014 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $174,971
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure and Data Validation
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $312,461
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure; Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections Across the Spectrum of Healthcare; and Initial Implementation of the CLABSI Validation Guidance to Ensure the Quality of HAI Data
• From 2009-2012 New Mexico received funding to build HAI infrastructure; conduct surveillance; and engage in prevention activities

State plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 328 KB]

State Contact:

Joan Baumbach, MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau Chief
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N1350
PO Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Phone: (505) 827-0011

Fax: (505) 827-0013

joan.baumbach@state.nm.us

New Mexico Department of Health