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healthcare-associated infections (HAI) program

HAI Infection Preventionist (IP) Program

The regional HAI IP Program provides non-regulatory consultation and assistance to support HAI prevention.

Hospitals may request IP assistance for:

  • An onsite assessment if HAI incidence remains high
  • Recommendations of HAI prevention strategies
  • Help with HAI surveillance or data validation methods
  • Suggestions for HAI data analysis, interpretation, and feedback to care providers

An IP team is assigned to four defined regions:

HAI Program Region 1

Rapid Response South Region Counties

IP: Hosniyeh Bagheri, RN, BSN, CIC, Hosniyeh.Bagheri@cdph.ca.gov    

Counties Include: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura

HAI Program Region 2

Rapid Response Central Region Counties

IP: Shantala Ahanya, MPH, CIC, Shantala.Ahanya@cdph.ca.gov
Counties Include:  Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mono, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, Tulare

 HAI Program Region 3

Rapid Response North Region Counties

IP: Kristy Trausch, Kristy.Trausch@cdph.ca.gov
Counties Include: 
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer,  Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba

 HAI Program Region 4

Rapid Response North Bay Area Region Counties

IP: Barbara Allen, MPH, CIC, Barbara.Allen@cdph.ca.gov

Counties Include: 

Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humbolt, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma

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