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Walters MS, Prestel C, Fike L, Shrivastwa N, Glowicz J, Benowitz I, Bulens S, Curren E, Dupont H, Marcenac P, Mahon G, Moorman A, Ogundimu A, Weil LM, Kuhar D, Cochran R, Schaefer M, Slifka KJ, Kallen A, Perz JF. Remote Infection Control Assessments of U.S. Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic, April to June 2020. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2022; 23:909-916.e2. [PMID: 35504326 PMCID: PMC8983607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Background Nursing homes (NHs) provide care in a congregate setting for residents at high risk of severe outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In spring 2020, NHs were implementing new guidance to minimize SARS-CoV-2 spread among residents and staff. Objective To assess whether telephone and video-based infection control assessment and response (TeleICAR) strategies could efficiently assess NH preparedness and help resolve gaps. Design We incorporated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 guidance for NH into an assessment tool covering 6 domains: visitor restrictions; health care personnel COVID-19 training; resident education, monitoring, screening, and cohorting; personal protective equipment supply; core infection prevention and control (IPC); and communication to public health. We performed TeleICAR consultations on behalf of health departments. Adherence to each element was documented and recommendations provided to the facility. Setting and Participants Health department–referred NHs that agreed to TeleICAR consultation. Methods We assessed overall numbers and proportions of NH that had not implemented each infection control element (gap) and proportion of NH that reported making ≥1 change in practice following the assessment. Results During April 13 to June 12, 2020, we completed TeleICAR consultations in 629 NHs across 19 states. Overall, 524 (83%) had ≥1 implementation gap identified; the median number of gaps was 2 (interquartile range: 1-4). The domains with the greatest number of facilities with gaps were core IPC practices (428/625; 68%) and COVID-19 education, monitoring, screening, and cohorting of residents (291/620; 47%). Conclusions and Implications TeleICAR was an alternative to onsite infection control assessments that enabled public health to efficiently reach NHs across the United States early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Assessments identified widespread gaps in core IPC practices that put residents and staff at risk of infection. TeleICAR is an important strategy that leverages infection control expertise and can be useful in future efforts to improve NH IPC.
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- Maroya Spalding Walters
- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Northrop Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, VA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- CDC COVID-19 Healthcare Infection Control Team, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- CDC COVID-19 Healthcare Infection Control Team, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- CDC COVID-19 Healthcare Infection Control Team, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Karmarkar EN, O'Donnell K, Prestel C, Forsberg K, Gade L, Jain S, Schan D, Chow N, McDermott D, Rossow J, Toda M, Ruiz R, Hun S, Dale JL, Gross A, Maruca T, Glowicz J, Brooks R, Bagheri H, Nelson T, Gualandi N, Khwaja Z, Horwich-Scholefield S, Jacobs J, Cheung M, Walters M, Jacobs-Slifka K, Stone ND, Mikhail L, Chaturvedi S, Klein L, Vagnone PS, Schneider E, Berkow EL, Jackson BR, Vallabhaneni S, Zahn M, Epson E. Rapid Assessment and Containment of Candida auris Transmission in Postacute Care Settings-Orange County, California, 2019. Ann Intern Med 2021; 174:1554-1562. [PMID: 34487450 PMCID: PMC10984253 DOI: 10.7326/m21-2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant yeast, can spread rapidly in ventilator-capable skilled-nursing facilities (vSNFs) and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs). In 2018, a laboratory serving LTACHs in southern California began identifying species of Candida that were detected in urine specimens to enhance surveillance of C auris, and C auris was identified in February 2019 in a patient in an Orange County (OC), California, LTACH. Further investigation identified C auris at 3 associated facilities. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of C auris and infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in LTACHs and vSNFs in OC. DESIGN Point prevalence surveys (PPSs), postdischarge testing for C auris detection, and assessments of IPC were done from March to October 2019. SETTING All LTACHs (n = 3) and vSNFs (n = 14) serving adult patients in OC. PARTICIPANTS Current or recent patients in LTACHs and vSNFs in OC. INTERVENTION In facilities where C auris was detected, PPSs were repeated every 2 weeks. Ongoing IPC support was provided. MEASUREMENTS Antifungal susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing to assess isolate relatedness. RESULTS Initial PPSs at 17 facilities identified 44 additional patients with C auris in 3 (100%) LTACHs and 6 (43%) vSNFs, with the first bloodstream infection reported in May 2019. By October 2019, a total of 182 patients with C auris were identified by serial PPSs and discharge testing. Of 81 isolates that were sequenced, all were clade III and highly related. Assessments of IPC identified gaps in hand hygiene, transmission-based precautions, and environmental cleaning. The outbreak was contained to 2 facilities by October 2019. LIMITATION Acute care hospitals were not assessed, and IPC improvements over time could not be rigorously evaluated. CONCLUSION Enhanced laboratory surveillance and prompt investigation with IPC support enabled swift identification and containment of C auris. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Ellora N Karmarkar
- Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, and the California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (E.N.K.)
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California (K.O., D.S., J.J., M.C., L.M., M.Z.)
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- Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (C.P., J.R., M.T.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and IHRC, Atlanta, Georgia (K.F.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (S.J., H.B., T.N., Z.K., S.H., E.E.)
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California (K.O., D.S., J.J., M.C., L.M., M.Z.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (C.P., J.R., M.T.)
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- Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (C.P., J.R., M.T.)
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- Washington State Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, Washington (R.R., S.H., E.S.)
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- Washington State Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, Washington (R.R., S.H., E.S.)
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- Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota (J.L.D., A.G., P.S.V.)
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- Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota (J.L.D., A.G., P.S.V.)
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- Maryland Department of Health Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, Maryland (T.M., L.K.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, and the Maryland Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response Bureau, Baltimore, Maryland (R.B.)
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (S.J., H.B., T.N., Z.K., S.H., E.E.)
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (S.J., H.B., T.N., Z.K., S.H., E.E.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (S.J., H.B., T.N., Z.K., S.H., E.E.)
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (S.J., H.B., T.N., Z.K., S.H., E.E.)
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California (K.O., D.S., J.J., M.C., L.M., M.Z.)
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California (K.O., D.S., J.J., M.C., L.M., M.Z.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California (K.O., D.S., J.J., M.C., L.M., M.Z.)
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- Maryland Department of Health Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, Maryland (T.M., L.K.)
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- Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota (J.L.D., A.G., P.S.V.)
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- Washington State Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, Washington (R.R., S.H., E.S.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (L.G., N.C., D.M., J.G., N.G., M.W., K.J., N.D.S., E.L.B., B.R.J., S.V.)
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Santa Ana, California (K.O., D.S., J.J., M.C., L.M., M.Z.)
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California (S.J., H.B., T.N., Z.K., S.H., E.E.)
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Karmarkar E, Karmarkar E, O’Donnell K, Prestel C, Forsberg K, Forsberg K, Schan DK, Chow NA, McDermott DS, Rossow JA, Toda M, Toda M, Glowicz J, Brooks R, Brooks R, Bagheri H, Nelson T, Gualandi N, Khwaja Z, Horwich-Scholefield S, Jacobs J, Cheung M, Mikhail L, Walters MS, Walters MS, Jacobs-Slifka K, Stone ND, Stone ND, Gade L, Berkow EL, Berkow EL, Jackson BR, Jackson BR, Vallabhaneni S, Vallabhaneni S, Zahn M, Epson E, Epson E. LB1. Regional Assessment and Containment of Candida auris Transmission in Post-Acute Care Settings—Orange County, California, 2019. Open Forum Infect Dis 2019. [PMCID: PMC6810421 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz415.2484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Patients in long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and skilled nursing facilities with ventilator units (VSNFs) are at high risk for Candida auris colonization; among patients colonized with this emerging pathogen, 5%–10% develop invasive disease with >45% mortality. In September 2018, a California LTACH-affiliated laboratory began enhanced C. auris surveillance by classifying species of Candida isolated from routine urine specimens. In February 2019, the first known Southern California case was detected in an Orange County (OC) LTACH; the patient had not traveled outside the region, indicating local acquisition. We performed point prevalence surveys (PPS) and infection prevention (IP) assessments at all OC LTACHs and VSNF subacute units to identify patients colonized with C. auris and control transmission.
Methods
During March–August 2019, we conducted PPS at facilities by collecting composite axilla and groin swabs for C. auris polymerase chain reaction testing and reflex culture from all patients who assented. Facilities with ≥1 C. auris-colonized patient repeated a PPS every 2 weeks to assess for new transmission. Isolate relatedness was assessed by whole-genome sequencing (WGS). We evaluated hand hygiene (HH) adherence, access to alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHR), and cleaning of high-touch surfaces to guide IP recommendations.
Results
The first PPS at all OC LTACHs (n = 3) and adult VSNFs (n = 14) identified 45 C. auris-colonized patients in 3 (100%) LTACHs and 6 (43%) VSNFs; after repeated PPS, the total count reached 124. Most patients (70%) were at 2 facilities (Table 1). Three of 124 patients developed candidemia. To date, isolates from 48 patients have completed WGS; all were highly related (<11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms) in the African clade. Of 9 facilities with C. auris, 5 had HH adherence < 50%, 3 had limited ABHR, and at 2, <60% of assessed high-touch surfaces were clean. We recommended regular HH and cleaning audits, and increased ABHR.
Conclusion
Our investigation, prompted by enhanced surveillance, identified C. auris at 9 OC facilities. WGS indicated a single introduction and local transmission. Early detection, followed by rapid county-wide investigation and IP support, enabled containment efforts for C. auris in OC.
Disclosures
All authors: No reported disclosures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ellora Karmarkar
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IHRC, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IHRC, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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- California Department of Public Health, Redlands, California
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Los Angeles, California
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Los Angeles, California
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Los Angeles, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richmond, California
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- CDC Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia
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- CDC Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Orange County Health Care Agency, Los Angeles, California
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- California Department of Public Health, Redlands, California
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- California Department of Public Health, Redlands, California
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