Eliminating healthcare associated infections: state policy options

The toolkit, Eliminating Healthcare Associated Infections: State Policy Options, provides an inventory of state HAI legislation and examples of legal and policy interventions, which health officials can consider to facilitate HAI prevention. State policies can promote robust state HAI programs and complement federal payment incentives such as CMS's Value Based Purchasing program. These interventions can promote the principles of safety, accountability, and transparency that are central to preventing HAIs.Executive Summary -- I. Introduction: The Case for ellimination -- II. Capacity for HAI program implementation -- III. Prevention implementation and sustainabilty -- IV. Conclusion -- APPENDIX I: Table of authorities -- APPENDIX II: Metrics and national 5-year prevention targets in HHS action plan to prevent HAI -- APPENDIX III: Summary of toolkit recommendations"March 2011.""This paper was researched and prepared for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials by James Blumenstock, Anna Buchanan, Catherine Cairns and Belinda Haerum, and for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Lindsay Culp, Cecilia Curry, Melanie Lawson, Nancy Levine, Tara Ramanathan, Elizabeth Skillen, Nina Verevkina, Jacqueline Watkins, and Brandy Wright. This paper was made possible by the generous funding of CDC." - p. 29Available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (2.18 MB, 38 p.)