South Carolina

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Funding Information

• 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $934,344
  • Activities: HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; 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: $109,500
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
  • Infection Control Assessment Program: $492,866
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $1,575,547
• 2014 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $108,609
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $107,500
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure  
• From 2009-2012 South Carolina received funding to build HAI infrastructure, conduct surveillance, and engage in prevention activities

State plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 359 KB]

State Contact:

Nijika Shrivastwa, PhD, MHSA, MPH
Healthcare Associated Infections Program Coordinator
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2100 Bull St. 
Columbia, SC 29201

Phone: (803) 898-0575
Fax: (803) 898-0897

shrivan@dhec.sc.gov

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control