The Kentucky State Regional Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (K-STRIPE) committee is a group of professionals from different health care fields dedicated to preventing healthcare-associated infections. These professionals volunteer their time and expertise to create collaborative prevention efforts across the state.
The following groups, organizations, or individual representatives participate in the K-STRIPE Committee:
- Kentucky Department for Public Health
- Kentucky Hospital Association
- Infection Perfectionists from three local KY chapters of the Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention, Control and Epidemiology
- Infectious Disease Board Certified Physicians
- Health Care Excel of Kentucky (Kentucky QIO for CMS)
- Kentucky State Lab
- Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities
- Kentucky Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- Renal Network
- Friedell Committee
- University of Kentucky College of Public Health
- University of KY Office for Rural Health
- University of Louisville School Public Health and Information Sciences
- Local Health Department Director
- Regional Epidemiologist in Kentucky
- Pharmacist
- Ambulatory Surgery Center Infection Preventionist
- Insurance Third-Party Payor - Humana
- Kentucky Office Inspector General (non-voting member)
K-STRIPE Mission Statement
To promote a safe health care environment for Kentuckians by reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections through evidence-based prevention activities.