Pennsylvania issues first HAI report
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, January 20, 2010
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Pennsylvania hospitals reported more than 13,000 HAIs in the second half of 2008, according to a data report released by the State Department of Health last week. Hospitals are required to report HAIs as part of a 2007 law.
Hospitals reported a rate of 2.84 HAIs per 1,000 days of hospitalization, and urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, and intestinal infections were the top three most-commonly reported, according to Philadelphia Business Journal.
“It is important to note that the 2008 data in this report is a snapshot in time,” acting state Physician General Dr. Stephen Ostroff told the Journal. “The legislation requires the baseline data to begin in 2009, and that report will be ready by May. From that point onward, data collected can be used to compare hospital infection rates and educate Pennsylvania health-care consumers.”
You can access the full report at the Pennsylvania State Department of Health.
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