To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Interim Health Services Director
Report Title: Submission of Grant Application #78-077 to California Department of Public Health
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to submit Grant Application #78-077 to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $43,673 to support expansion of antimicrobial resistance (AR) surveillance at County's Public Health Laboratories through the grant period ending July 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Grant Application may result in an amount not to exceed $43,673 from the CDPH. No County match required.
BACKGROUND:
California's current surveillance for AR pathogens relies on testing performed by local Public Health Laboratories (PHLs), the CDPH Microbial Diseases Laboratory (MDL), and the Washington Regional Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN) laboratory. This Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Strengthening healthcare-associated infections (HAI)/AR Program Capacity (SHARP) program funding will support continuation of antimicrobial resistance (AR) surveillance in California via screening activities for carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) and Candida auris, and AST for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. CDPH priorities for local funding are to maintain current capacity for screening, with consideration for the following: Greater need for testing in region (existence in an underserved area/proximity to underserved jurisdictions); capacity to serve as regional testing center for epi-linked and/or response testing; and local participation in screening, especially from influential facilities (ventilator-equipped skilled nursing facilities and long term acute care hospitals).
Approval to submit this Application will allow County to support the expansion of AR surveillance through screening activ...
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