Clinicians & Providers

• AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011

Hospital & Health System Resources

• AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011
• Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report
• Health care-associated infections greatly increase the length and cost of hospital stays
• One patient safety indicator may offer a glimpse at a hospital's overall safety record
• Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship

Research Activities Newsletter Articles

February 1 2013 20130201

From the Director

February 1 2012 20120201

Superficial surgical site infections are a reliable measure of hospital quality

August 1 2011 20110801

Hospital-acquired infections dramatically increase trauma patients' risk of in-hospital death and hospital stay

July 1 2011 20110701

ICUs in Michigan sustain zero bloodstream infections for up to 2 years

October 1 2010 20101001

Health care-associated infections greatly increase the length and cost of hospital stays

March 1 2010 20100301

One patient safety indicator may offer a glimpse at a hospital's overall safety record

Case Studies

September 1 2012 20120901

Nebraska Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

September 1 2012 20120901

New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

September 1 2012 20120901

New York Hospitals

Fact Sheets

October 1 2010 20101001

AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011

Full Research Reports

January 24 2013 20130124

Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report

Press Releases

January 24 2013 20130124

Intensive Care Units for Newborns in Nine States See Sharp Drop in Bloodstream Infections

May 9 2011 20110509

ICUs in Michigan Sustain Zero Blood Stream Infections for Up to 2 Years

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Director's Commentary Provides Insight on Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform
• From the Director
• Health care-associated infections greatly increase the length and cost of hospital stays
• Hospital-acquired infections dramatically increase trauma patients' risk of in-hospital death and hospital stay
• ICUs in Michigan sustain zero bloodstream infections for up to 2 years
• MRSA Study Slashes Deadly Infections in Sickest Hospital Patients
• One patient safety indicator may offer a glimpse at a hospital's overall safety record
• Superficial surgical site infections are a reliable measure of hospital quality
• Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship