The revision updates a version first published in 2009, called “HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections.” The new action plan added sections specific to infection reduction in ambulatory surgical centers and end-stage renal disease facilities and a section on increasing influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel.
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