Topic: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety, affecting one out of every 31 hospital patients at any one time. Over a million HAIs occur across the U.S. health care system every year, leading to the loss of tens of thousands of lives and adding billions of dollars to health care costs. AHRQ has research, tools, programs and resources on HAIs and how clinicians can prevent or reduce them.