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Alliance to target hospital infections

Quality Improvement Monitor, May 25, 2007

VHA Inc.,a national healthcare alliance, has helped organize a group of 12 healthcare industry leaders to combat hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA).

The group aims to reduce the burden on hospital staff and other personnel and to develop common definitions, measurement, and reporting. In addition, the group will endorse evidence based approaches to control, treat and eliminate HAIs and MRSA, according to a press release from the VHA.The initial organizations participating in this initiative are:

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • American Hospital Association
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • International Society of Microbial Resistance
  • The Joint Commission
  • National Quality Forum
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services Veterans Administration
  • VHA Inc.

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