Clinicians & Providers

• AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011
• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States
• Health Care-Associated Infections
• Hospital Policies and Practices on Prevention and Treatment of Infections Caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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
• Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship

Policymaker Resources

• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States

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

Other Research & Data

• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States
• Health Care-Associated Infections
• Nebraska Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
• New Mexico Hospitals Use AHRQ Toolkit to Revise Protocol for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
• New York Hospitals

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
• Superficial surgical site infections are a reliable measure of hospital quality
• Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship