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Friday, 02/14/2014 12:40:11 PM

Friday, February 14, 2014 12:40:11 PM

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All i really need to know feel great about this investment is this:

http://www.health.gov/hai/prevent_hai.asp#hai_measures

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has identified the reduction of HAIs as an Agency Priority Goal for the Department. By September 30, 2013, HHS is committed to reducing the national rate of HAIs by demonstrating significant, quantitative, and measurable reductions in hospital-acquired central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

Please visit HAI Agency Priority Goals for more information on HAI specific goals, including the progress made to date.

Please visit HHS Agency Priority Goals for more information on all of the HHS Agency Priority Goals.

Call to Action

There is growing consensus that our ultimate goal should be the elimination of HAIs. To coordinate and maximize the efficiency of prevention efforts, a senior-level Federal Steering Committee for the Prevention of Health Care-Associated Infections was established in 2008. Members include clinicians, scientists, and public health leaders who are high-ranking officials from the HHS, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Steering Committee marshaled the extensive and diverse resources across the federal government, formed public and private partnerships, and initiated discussions that identified new approaches to HAI prevention and collaborations.

In 2009, the Steering Committee developed the National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination (HAI Action Plan). At a meeting held in late 2010, subject matter experts (SMEs) met to discuss strategies to accelerate the progress toward national infection reduction goals. Since the 2010 meeting, several other large national meetings, as well as specific stakeholder meetings have taken place to build upon the strategies discussed at the 2010 meeting.

Collaboration

In April 2011, HHS announced another way it is committed to patient safety: Partnership for Patients. It is a public-private partnership to make hospital care safer, more reliable, and less costly by:

Keeping hospital patients from getting injured or sicker. By the end of 2013, to decrease instances of patients acquiring preventable conditions while in hospitals by 40 percent compared to 2010.
Helping patients heal without complication. By the end of 2013, to decrease preventable complications during a transition from one care setting to another, so that the number of patients who must be re-admitted to the hospital would be reduced by 20 percent compared to 2010.

- http://www.health.gov/hai/prevent_hai.asp#hai_measures

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