Emerging Infections Program (EIP)/PPACA: Enhancing Epidemiology and Laboratory Ca

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是通过加强现有的乔治亚州新发感染计划（EIP）中的流行病学和实验室基础设施，特别是在流感检测、医疗保健相关感染和扩大传染病流行病学培训机会等领域，提高乔治亚州的总体传染病监测能力。佐治亚州的新发感染项目 (EIP) 是佐治亚州公共卫生部门 (DPH) 与埃默里大学医学院和亚特兰大退伍军人事务部医疗中心传染病部门之间持续强有力的合作伙伴关系。它建立在亚特兰大都会区和整个佐治亚州积极的基于人口的监测计划的基础上。埃默里大学/VA EIP 活动重点关注亚特兰大大都市区的 20 个县，而 DPH EIP 活动则重点关注其他 139 个县（亚特兰大以外的佐治亚州，或 GOA）。项目活动包括： 1) 提高乔治亚州公共卫生实验室的实时逆转录酶聚合酶链反应 (rRT-PCR) 流感检测能力； 2) 对亚特兰大都会区 8 县的透析通路相关血流感染进行主动监测； 3) 聘请流行病学家来支持新生的佐治亚州医疗保健相关感染 (HAI) 预防计划； 4) EIP 合作伙伴将在埃默里大学医学院 ID 培训项目的第三年提供为期一年的 EIP 传染病 (ID) 流行病学/公共卫生模块，包括 DPH 流行病学项目的几个月轮换； 5) 协调全州范围内的佐治亚州 EIP 教育会议。预期成果包括：1）提高格鲁吉亚 EIP 数据的完整性； 2）提高广药集团流感检测的及时性； 3) 提高了描述格鲁吉亚 HAI 流行病学特征的能力，包括与透析相关血流感染相关的危险因素； 4) 更好地针对格鲁吉亚 HAI 计划预防活动的证据基础； 5) 改善与佐治亚州感染预防专家和其他 EIP 利益相关者的伙伴关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to improve overall infectious disease surveillance capacity in Georgia by enhancing epidemiology and laboratory infrastructure in the currently-existing Georgia Emerging Infections Program (EIP), particularly in the areas of influenza testing, healthcare-associated infections, and expanding training opportunities in infectious disease epidemiology. The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) in Georgia is a continuing strong partnership between the Georgia Division of Public Health (DPH) and the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. It is built on the foundation of an active population-based surveillance program in metropolitan Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Emory/VA EIP activities have focused on the 20-county greater metropolitan Atlanta area, while DPH EIP activities have focused on the other 139 counties (Georgia Outside of Atlanta, or GOA). Project activities include: 1) improving capacity for real- time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) influenza testing at the Georgia Public Health Laboratory; 2) conducting active surveillance for dialysis access-associated bloodstream infections in the 8-County Atlanta metropolitan area; 3) hiring an epidemiologist to support the nascent Georgia Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Prevention Program; 4) EIP partners will offer a one-year EIP Infectious Disease (ID) Fellowship Epidemiology/Public Health module during the third year of the ID training program at Emory University School of Medicine, including a several-month rotation in the DPH Epidemiology Program; and 5) coordinating a statewide Georgia EIP Educational Conference. Anticipated outcomes include: 1) improved completeness of EIP data in Georgia; 2) improved timeliness of influenza testing at GPHL; 3) improved capacity to characterize HAI epidemiology in Georgia, including risk factors associated with dialysis access-associated bloodstream infections; 4) evidence base to better target HAI Program prevention activities in Georgia; 5) improved partnerships with Infection Preventionists and other EIP stakeholders in Georgia.