U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination

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HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Last Reviewed: April 2013

Workgroups: Healthcare-Associated Infections Workgroup

This action plan lays out steps stakeholders across the federal government can take to eliminate health care-associated infections (HAIs). HAIs are an important public health and patient safety issue. The plan lists national goals and measures to deal with HAIs efficiently and effectively.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce C. diff infections that people get in the hospital — HAI‑01
Target met or exceeded

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2013). National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination. Retrieved from https://health.gov/hcq/prevent-hai-action-plan.asp