Nebraska

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Funding Information

• 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $1,076,000
  • Activities: HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; Injection Safety; 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: $1,839,598
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $1,061,839
• 2014 ELC Funding Amount: $107,500
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $107,334
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• From 2009-2012 Nebraska received funding to build HAI infrastructure

Nebraska state plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 82 KB]

State Contact:

Maureen R. Tierney, M.D., MSc.
Healthcare Associated Infections Coordinator
Division of Public Health
Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services
301 Centennial Mall
Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone (main): (402) 471-2937
Phone (direct): (402) 471-6549
Phone (cell): (402) 309-3471
Fax: (402) 471-3601

maureen.tierney@nebraska.gov

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services