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The Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s One & Only
Campaign:
The Health Department’s Role in Promoting
Injection Safety
Rachel Kossover, MPH, RD
Health Scientist
CDC/NCEZID/DHQP
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
June 4, 2012
The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the presenters and do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
Nothing to Disclose
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Session Order
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Outbreak of pseudomonas in a chemotherapy clinic,
Mississippi
Overview of similar outbreaks in oncology settings and
CDC model infection control plan
10th anniversary of Nebraska Hepatitis C outbreak
which led to launching of Safe Injection Practices
Coalition
Overview of SIPC’s One & Only Campaign and what
state health departments can to do promote injection
safety
One & Only Campaign Elements
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Training video for providers
Posters and brochures
Press releases
Medscape CME activity
Social media – YouTube and
Facebook
Epocrates smartphone activity
Powerpoint presentation with
recorded audio
History of State Health Department Involvement
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State partners funded by CDC cooperative agreement
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2009:
 New York, Nevada
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2010, 2011:
 New Jersey, New York, Nevada
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2012:
 New Jersey, New York, North Carolina
 Recruitment of informal state partners with interest
State Health Department Successes
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New York
 Received funding in 2009
 Successes:
• Patient Conversation video, Injection Safety webcast, Key informant
interview collaboration, CME course, engaged workgroup
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Nevada
 Received funding 2009 – 2011
 Successes:
• Passage of SB 419 – Injection Safety Attestation, partnership with state
broadcasters association, movie theater ads
State Health Department Successes
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New Jersey
 Received funding in 2010
 Successes:
• Injection Safety Ambassadors, PSA, Community College Allied Health
outreach
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North Carolina
 Received funding in 2012
 Successes:
• New hire for position, working group kick-off is later this month!
State Health Department Successes
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Colorado
 After a 2011 incident, the state health department’s HAI program:
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Started a workgroup
Decided on targeted messaging
Reached out to One & Only Campaign for materials
Creating local partnerships
Montana
 An active State HAI Coordinator ordered enough copies of the
SIPC Training video to disseminate to directors of nursing in all
hospitals across Montana
http://www.oneandonlycampaign.org/content/statelocal-health-department-toolkit
All Health Departments Can…..
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Feature a link to the One & Only Campaign on your
health department website.
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Reach out to your state HAI Coordinator to determine
areas of collaboration
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Order free One & Only Campaign materials for
dissemination in your state or locality
Conclusions
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State and local health department role have key
injection safety roles
 Investigation of outbreaks related to unsafe practice
 Primary prevention of unsafe practice
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One & Only campaign resources are available to all
state and local health departments
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http://www.oneandonlycampaign.org/contact-us
Thank You
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cdc.gov
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion