The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has released its fifth annual health facility-acquired infections report, which showed a 44 percent overall decrease in infections since 2008.
Key findings from the state report include the following:
• Over the past three years, central line-associated bloodstream infections decreased in adult critical care units by 43 percent decrease, in neonatal critical care units by 38 percent and in long-term acute-care units by 45 percent.
• For all reported procedures, including coronary artery bypass surgery and hernia repair, the surgical site infection rate has fluctuated over the past four years.
• The most common infection type for all procedures is the deep incisional infection, and the overall surgical site infection rate is 0.97 infections for every 100 procedures.
The report also contains data for surgical site infections in orthopedic and abdominal operative procedures and dialysis-related infections.
To view the state report in full, click here.
Key findings from the state report include the following:
• Over the past three years, central line-associated bloodstream infections decreased in adult critical care units by 43 percent decrease, in neonatal critical care units by 38 percent and in long-term acute-care units by 45 percent.
• For all reported procedures, including coronary artery bypass surgery and hernia repair, the surgical site infection rate has fluctuated over the past four years.
• The most common infection type for all procedures is the deep incisional infection, and the overall surgical site infection rate is 0.97 infections for every 100 procedures.
The report also contains data for surgical site infections in orthopedic and abdominal operative procedures and dialysis-related infections.
To view the state report in full, click here.
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