West Virginia

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Funding Information

• 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $573,708
  • Activities: Educational Efforts to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use; HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; 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: $563,189
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $812,430
• 2014 ELC Funding Amount: $108,052
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $107,500
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• From 2009-2012 West Virginia received funding to build HAI infrastructure

State plan to address healthcare-associated infections Updated March 2011 [PDF – 730 KB]

State HAI reports

State Contact:

Office: 304.356.4037 (direct), 304.558.5358 (Main)
Fax: 304.558.8736
Answering Service: 304.925.9946

Email: Julie.L.Freshwater@wv.gov

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources