California State Mandated MRSA Screening: Healthcare Dollars Down the Drain!

Abstract

Results: Based on a poll of the over 250 participants at the broader meeting, the top four priorities, with the lead agencies in parentheses are: 1. Coordination, collaboration and integration (State and Local Health Departments), 2. Surveillance, validation, analysis and reporting (State and Local Health Departments), 3. Culture of safety, health and learning (QIO) and 4. Quality improvement/best practices (QIO). These results were in high agreement with the results of the focus group. Lesson Learned: More needs to be done to assist the state-level HAI programs, where one of the biggest challenges is developing the rapidly growing HAI public health infrastructure as public reporting and the intersection of public health and HAI is still a burgeoning topic. Coordination and collaboration is also a big concern as more and more requirements are being added to state and federal legislation. As such, a detailed environmental scan of state-HAI activities will be taking place over the next year to identify current needs and gaps.