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Funding Information
- 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $1,184,275
- Activities: Educational Efforts to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use; 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: $811,042
- Targeted Infection Prevention: $1,181,209
- 2014 ELC Funding Amount: $107,744
- Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
- 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $147,926
- Activities: Improving Antimicrobial Use to Decrease Antimicrobial Resistant HAIs and Clostridium difficile infections and Identifying Cost-effective and Evidence-based HAI Interventions Sub-activities
- From 2009-2012 Pennsylvania received funding to build HAI infrastructure, conduct surveillance, and engage in prevention activities
State plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 213 KB]
State Contact:
Kimberly Buffington
Director, Department of Health,Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention
625 Forster Street, Room 610
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717.425.5422
Fax: 717.705.4250
Pennsylvania Department of Health
