The report, “2011 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Standardized Infection Ratio Report,” includes data for the 2011 calendar year reported through Sept. 4, 2012.
Here are three key findings on 2011 HAI rates from the report:
• Hospitals reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections by 41 percent since 2008. In 2010, hospitals had reduced CLABSIs by 32 percent.
• Surgical site infections decreased 17 percent since 2008, while SSIs decreased 7 percent in 2010.
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections decreased 7 percent since 2009, the same rate of reduction in 2010.
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