eetings on Preventing and Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections

HHS Holds Stakeholder Meetings on Preventing and Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections

As part of HHS’ commitment to prevent and reduce healthcare-associated infections, a series of free meetings are being held to engage stakeholders and the public to obtain feedback on:

Potential for broad adoption of a single national set of healthcare-associated infection reduction metrics and targets;
Considerations (needs, barriers, and potential solutions) for operationalizing the metrics and targets in a meaningful manner;
How to create accountability in a multi-faceted approach to reducing healthcare-associated infections; and
Focus and approach to a messaging campaign aimed at reducing healthcare-associated infections.

Future meetings will take place in Seattle, WA, on August 27 and Chicago on September 22. Select to register for these meetings.
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What are healthcare-associated infections?
What is being done to prevent them?
What is YOUR role in preventing them?

Each year, 1.7 million people acquire healthcare-associated infections in hospitals. 99,000 of them die. Treating healthcare-associated infections costs an additional $26 billion every year. Yet, many infections are preventable.

Government agencies and other organizations are working to reduce these infections. They want to empower patients and their loved ones to protect themselves. But they need your help to determine how to do it.

The Keystone Center is the non-profit organization specializing in the design and facilitation of these meetings.
Participating Organizations:
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), Region VIII (Denver), Region V (Chicago), Region X (Seattle)
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