Program Performance
Antibiotic Stewardship Program
County Health- San Mateo Medical Center
The Antibiotic Stewardship Program reduced broad spectrum antibiotic use and increased the use of narrow spectrum antibiotics while prioritizing patient safety, enhanced antibiotic stewardship best practices for clinicians, pharmacists, nurses and environmental services to prevent MDRO development and transmission, and monitored and reported antibiotic resistance trends.
Customer Service
Infection Preventionist Nurse Program
County Health – Public Health, Policy and Planning
In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, CDPH asked Local Health departments to hire Infection Preventionist (IP) Nurses to help support the Skilled Nursing facilities (SNFs) in our County in keeping our high risk, vulnerable elderly population as safe from Covid and other healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) as possible. The Infection Preventionist nurses' work ensures increased health and safety of this population in our communities' skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and hemodialysis centers.
Green/Sustainability
Jobs for Youth Program Redesign
Human Resources Department
Jobs for Youth (JFY), a program for youth ages 14-21, is centered around three pillars of success: career and professional development workshops, connecting youth members to employment and volunteer opportunities within the county, and access to an annual scholarship fund for postsecondary education. Each year, JFY serves roughly 2,000+ youth across the county through the career readiness workshops and participating in career fairs and community events.
Inclusion and Belonging
Community- Based Organizations (CBOs) On-Call Support for Outreach and Project Support
Sustainability Department
To respond to the disproportionate challenges faced by vulnerable populations, the Sustainability Department established on-call contracts with local CBOs to strengthen community engagement with, and access to, the Department’s program offerings and resources. This approach supports meaningful partnership with trusted ambassadors across the diverse cultural and racial communities in the County in order to ensure all community members have equitable access to program resources, such as rebates, incentives, and pilot projects, and to provide program input where possible.