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Oregon infographic showing hai progress

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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: $1,301,537
    • Activities: Educational Efforts to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use; HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; 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: $509,953
    • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure; Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Prevention Program, and Injection Safety
  • 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
    • Infection Control Assessment Program: $545,633
    • Targeted Infection Prevention: $2,137,548
  • 2014 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $502,024
    • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure; Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
  • 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $929,141
    • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure; Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections Across the Spectrum of Healthcare; Regional Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDROs) Prevention and Detection; and Initial Implementation of the CLABSI Validation Guidance to Ensure the Quality of HAI Data
  • From 2009-2012 Oregon received funding to build HAI infrastructure; conduct surveillance; and engage in prevention activities

State Contact:

Rebecca Pierce
HAI & EIP Program Manager
Oregon Health Authority
800 NE Oregon St., Ste 772
Portland, Oregon, 97232

Phone: (971)673-3498
Fax: (971) 673-1100

Oregon.gov Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention

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