Healthcare-associated infections continue to decline
Acute-care hospitals reduced Clostridium difficile infections by 12%, central line-associated bloodstream infections by 9% and catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 8% in 2018, according to the latest on reducing health care-associated infections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For more on progress to reduce healthcare-associated infections, visit .
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate has worked with to reduce CLABSI, CAUTI, C difficile and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in targeted acute-care hospitals. HRET also has worked with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program to prevent and infections, and with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ to reduce hospital-acquired conditions.