Indiana
The Indiana State Department of Health is leading a state
improvement initiative to prevent healthcare associated infections. The
initiative is a two-year state collaborative effort to promote the prevention
of healthcare associated infections.
“Indiana has been active in addressing healthcare associated infections. Most recently, the Indiana State Department of Health utilized a collaborative process to address Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) exposures and provide Indiana communities with current MRSA information and necessary tools to promote prevention strategies. The Indiana State Department of Health also created a toolkit for Clostridium difficile infections.”
In September
2009, the ISDH was awarded a grant from the CDC to support state healthcare
associated infection initiative.
Using the
grant money Indiana developed two projects:
- “The development of a state plan for the prevention of healthcare associated infections
- A state healthcare associated infection prevention initiative”
The purpose:
Develop an Indiana
Plan for the Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections
(Indiana has
NEVER produced a state plan focusing on healthcare associated infections)
Goals
"Improve and identify
healthcare associated infections by health care providers
Reduce the
number of healthcare associated infections
Increase
public and healthcare worker awareness of healthcare associated infections"
Objectives
"Create a
State Plan for Healthcare Associated Infections
Develop and
implement healthcare associated infections surveillance and reporting system
Develop and
implement a healthcare associated infections prevention initiative”
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