healthcare-associated infections (HAI) program

HAI Infection Preventionist (IP) Support Team

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) HAI 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/outbreaks while upholding CDPH’s mission and vision. 

The HAI IP Regional Support Team may assist with the following (not a comprehensive list):
  • 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/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 Region of CA Public HealthRural North (Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity)
IP Support Team: Aftab Anjum, Hilary Metcalf

Greater Sierra Sacramento Region of CA Public HealthGreater Sierra Sacramento (Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba)
IP Support Team: Cherish Mendoza, Amber Owens, Kristy Trausch
 
Bay Area Region of CA Public HealthBay Area (Alameda, City of Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma)
IP Support Team: Barbara Allen, Zenith Khwaja, Deweese Quigley​

Central Region of CA Public HealthCentral California (Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne)
IP Support Team: Shantala Ahanya, Sangeetha Moorthy

Southern Region of CA Public HealthSouthern California (Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura,  Los Angeles Region of CA Public Health Los Angeles, City of Long Beach, City of Pasadena)
IP Support Team: Hosniyeh Bagheri, Cecilia La Rosa, Kris Turman​

For questions and consultation requests, contact the HAI Program at HAIProgram@cdph.ca.gov.​

Page Last Updated :