Publications
For more information about HIDA, please visit the HIDA Requirements webpage.
Projects
2015-2018 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Domestic Ebola Supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response Program
- The Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program is a supplement to the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grants. This grant provides short-term funding to public health departments to strengthen the public health infrastructure and better prepare healthcare facilities to address highly pathogenic or novel infectious diseases.
- More information about the ELC grants
- Fiscal Year 2015 ELC HAI Grant Programs
- Ebola Grants in South Carolina (please provide PDF)
- Activity A of the ICAR Program- Infection Control Assessments: includes activities that are designed to assess and enhance state-level healthcare-associated infection prevention activities.
- Activity B of the ICAR Program- Targeted Healthcare Infection Prevention Programs: includes activities that directly assess infection prevention programs in a variety of care settings and enhance the department of health's healthcare-associated infection surveillance.
Contact us to get more information about or to schedule an infection control assessment!
Data Validation
The HAI Section audits and surveys the quality of data submitted to the National Healthcare Safety Network by acute care facilities. The HAI Section validates the facility data using a method developed by HAI Section staff, based on CDC's methodology.