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格鲁吉亚新发传染病计划(EIP)的流行病学和实验室基础设施，特别是在流感检测、与医疗保健相关的感染领域，以及扩大传染病流行病学的培训机会，提高格鲁吉亚的整体传染病监测能力。佐治亚州新发感染计划(EIP)是佐治亚州公共卫生局(DPH)与埃默里大学医学院传染病科和亚特兰大退伍军人管理局医疗中心之间持续的强有力的合作伙伴关系。它建立在亚特兰大大都市和整个佐治亚州活跃的基于人口的监测计划的基础上。Emory/VA的EIP活动主要集中在20个县的大都市亚特兰大地区，而DPH的EIP活动集中在其他139个县(亚特兰大以外的佐治亚州，或GOA)。项目活动包括：1)提高佐治亚州公共卫生实验室的实时逆转录聚合酶链式反应(RRT-PCR)流感测试的能力；2)在8县亚特兰大大都市区积极监测与透析相关的血流感染；3)聘请流行病学家支持新成立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的ID培训计划的第三年期间提供为期一年的EIP传染病(ID)流行病学/公共卫生奖学金模块，包括在DPH流行病学计划中进行几个月的轮换；5)协调在全州范围内举行的佐治亚州EIP教育会议。预期成果包括：1)改善佐治亚州EIP数据的完整性；2)提高GPHL流感检测的及时性；3)提高确定佐治亚州HAI流行病学特征的能力，包括与透析相关的血流感染相关的风险因素；4)证据基础，以更好地针对佐治亚州的HAI计划预防活动；5)改进与感染预防专家和佐治亚州其他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.