healthcare-associated infections (HAI) program

HAI Infection Preventionist Support Team

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) HAI Infection Preventionist (IP) Regional Support Team provides non-regulatory consultation and technical assistance to various healthcare facility types, including long-term care facilities throughout California. Our goal is to support HAI prevention and local public health response to HAI and antimicrobial resistance (AR) clusters and outbreaks while upholding CDPH’s mission and vision.

The HAI IP Regional Support Team may assist with the following (but is not limited to):

Onsite or virtual assessments in facilities with elevated HAI incidence or HAI/AR outbreaks
Recommendations for HAI prevention strategies
Assistance with HAI surveillance or data validation methods
Suggestions for HAI data analysis or interpretation and providing feedback to healthcare personnel
Guidance on establishing or strengthening infection control programs at healthcare facilities
Infection prevention education and training for healthcare personnel

The HAI IP Regional Support Team structure mirrors the Regional Public Health Office map.

Regional Public Health map of CA (Rural North, Greater Sierra Sacramento, Bay Area, Central and Southern)

Rural North (Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity)

Greater Sierra Sacramento Region of CA Public Health

Greater Sierra Sacramento (Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba)

Bay Area (Alameda, City of Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma)

Central California (Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne)

Southern California (Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles Region of CA Public Health