To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement #78-077-1 with the 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 execute Grant Agreement #78-077-1 with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) (State Agreement #25-10386), to pay the County an amount not to exceed $43,673 to support the expansion of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) pathogens surveillance at County's Public Health Laboratories, effective upon signature of both parties through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Grant Agreement will result in an additional amount of $43,673 payable to the County from 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).
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