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National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination

11/04/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS OASH). Published: 11/4/2019. This web page, updated in November 2019, provides the details of a road map for preventing health care-associated infections (HAIs) in acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, end-stage renal disease facilities, and long-term care facilities, and for implementing antibiotic stewardship efforts as a means of HAI prevention. The HAI Action Plan also includes a chapter on increasing influenza coverage of health care personnel, and links to state health care-associated infection prevention plans. (Text)