Arizona School Vaccination Rates Posted
With all the news about Arizona’s measles outbreak, I’m sure you’ve heard just how important vaccination is for our community. Public health agencies study vaccine coverage data to understand how well communities are protected from preventable disease and to make targeted decisions about how to contain an outbreak. For […]
Healthcare Associated Infection Report
Last month the CDC issued their updated National and State Healthcare Associated Infections Progress Report, which provides healthcare-associated infections data from 2013. Overall, the report found improvements nationally in performance, with reductions in most categories.
Between 2012 and 2013, we reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections and surgical site infections. We’ve had […]
New Infectious Disease Preparedness & Response Funding on the Way
We just got word last month from the CDC that we qualify for new funding to support accelerated infectious disease preparedness planning and response. The total award for Arizona is about $2.5M, which enhances our total Preparedness grant award by about 10%. The new funding is scheduled to arrive […]
Rural Metro Union Authorizes Strike
Last week Southwest Ambulance workers (Southwest is a subsidiary of Rural/Metro) voted to authorize their union management to call a strike in Pima, Pinal, and Maricopa Counties. The union’s management hasn’t yet called for a strike and hopefully both parties will continue to negotiate and reach a deal. If they do […]
Public Health Super Bowl Activities
The federal government considers the Super Bowl to be an “event of national significance.” A host of public safety and health activities are implemented during events of national significance. Our (ADHS) activities began with the Pro Bowl last weekend and finish after the Super Bowl on February 1. We have 3 primary functions: BioWatch and Suspicious Substance Testing, and Enhanced Public […]
