New York

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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: $3,202,438
  • Activities: Educational Efforts to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use; HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; Injection Safety; Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Laboratory Capacity; and Antimicrobial Resistance Regional Laboratory Network (see ELC HAI-funded Activities for more information)
• 2015 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $696,618
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Prevention, and Injection Safety
• 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
  • Infection Control Assessment Program: $585,074
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $1,970,553
• 2014 ELC Funding Amount: $690,306
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and Injection Safety
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $871,090
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure, Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections Across the Spectrum of Healthcare, and Improving Health Department Capacity to Provide Infection Prevention and Control Assistance  
• From 2009-2012 New York received funding to build HAI infrastructure and engage in prevention activities

See entire New York Data Use Agreement [PDF – 162 KB]

See detailed list of data [PDF – 121 KB] in the agreement

State plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 232 KB]

State HAI reports

State Contact:

Karyn Langguth McCloskey
State HAI Plan Coordinator
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Healthcare-Associated Infections
ESP Corning Tower, Room 523
Albany, NY 12237

Office: 518-474-1142
Fax: 518-402-5165

Email: karyn.langguth@health.ny.gov