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IDPH
Works
to Prevent Healthcare Infections
Posted 23 February
2010
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has received funding to
support efforts to prevent and reduce healthcare-associated infections
in Iowa over the next two years. The $880,622 grant is funded by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
The IDPH Healthcare-associated Infection (HAI) Prevention Steering
Committee guided the creation of a statewide plan, which was submitted
to the HHS and the CDC on January 1, 2010. The committee identified two
prevention priority areas: Clostridium difficile infection, a bacterium
which causes severe diarrhea and is primarily associated with
healthcare settings, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Healthcare-associated infections are infections that patients acquire
while seeking medical care or receiving treatment for medical or
surgical conditions. HAIs occur in all settings of care, including
hospitals and same-day surgical centers, outpatient clinics, and in
long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes and rehabilitation
facilities. HAIs are associated with a variety of causes, including the
use of medical devices, such as catheters and ventilators,
complications following a surgical procedure, transmission between
patients and healthcare workers, or the result of antibiotic overuse.
“Iowa hospitals have demonstrated the desire to reduce
healthcare-associated infections and the willingness to participate in
this initiative,” said IDPH Director Tom Newton. “Eliminating
preventable infections is critical to making healthcare safer for
Iowans.”
For information about the IDPH plan to prevent and reduce HAIs in Iowa,
visit www.idph.state.ia.us/hai_prevention.
For
more information about the Recovery Act Grant HAI objectives, visit www.idph.state.ia.us/hai_prevention/objectives.pdf.
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