Addressing Hospital Acquired Infections in NYS: Improving Patient Safety

Free live webcast - September 16, 2010
9:00 am - 10:00 am - Eastern Time

Rachel Stricof, MPH, CIC
Bureau Director
Bureau of Healthcare-Associated Infections
New York State Department of Health

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a major public health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were an estimated 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections and 99,000 deaths from those infections in 2002. 1 A recent CDC report estimated the annual medical costs of healthcare-associated infections to U.S. hospitals to be between $28 and $45 billion, adjusted to 2007 dollars. 2 The speaker will discuss the development of the New York State HAI reporting system, describe HAI rates in NYS in the three years since mandated reporting began; and describe activities underway in New York to support hospitals to reduce risk and enhance patient safety.

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