Kansas

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Funding Information

• 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $481,569
  • Activities: 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: $406,866
• 2014 ELC Funding Amount: $107,304
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,877
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure  
• From 2009-2012 Kansas received funding to build HAI infrastructure and conduct surveillance

Kansas state plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 520 KB]

State Contact:

Bryna N. Stacey, MPH, BSN, RN
Director, KDHE Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson; Suite 075
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1371

Office phone: 785-296-4090
Fax: 877-427-7318
Epidemiology Hotline: 1-877-427-7317

e-mail: Bryna.Stacey@ks.gov