The Colorado
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Advisory Committee is seeking input on
the potential addition of two metrics to HAI reporting. Stakeholders are
invited to submit feedback by email or phone (as described below), or attend
the upcoming meeting on 11/28/17. All meetings are open to the public.
At the
upcoming HAI Advisory Committee meeting 11/28/17, the committee will review
stakeholder input and vote on whether to add two metrics to HAI reporting via
the HAI Disclosure Statute. The two metrics are:
1. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
data from emergency departments and observation units reported by acute care
hospitals, and
2. Central line-associated bloodstream
infection (CLABSI) data from wards reported by acute care hospitals.
Both types
of data are already reported by facilities into the National Healthcare Safety
Network (NHSN) for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reporting
purposes. The addition of these metrics
will require no additional work for facility staff. Access to these data
will enable CDPHE to align with CMS and permit accurate comparisons.
Purpose of
addition of CDI data from emergency departments and observation units (acute
care hospitals):
·
Allow
generation of the correct standardized infection ratios (SIR) for annual
reports using the new CDC baseline, which requires this newly requested CDI
data;
·
Verify
data published by CDC in annual state progress reports;
·
Improve
data validation;
·
Provide
additional data for public health prevention initiatives.
Purpose of
addition of CLABSI ward data (acute care hospitals):
·
Verify
data published by CDC in annual state progress reports;
·
Evaluate
utility of public reporting of CLABSI ward data by hospital for increased
public transparency, which may include separate CLABSI ward reporting vs.
all-facility reporting (combined ward/ICU);
·
Provide
additional data for public health prevention initiatives.
We invite interested stakeholders to
provide input about the collection and reporting of these new metrics. Input
may be submitted to CDPHE in one of the following three ways:
1. Submit
feedback to Tamara Hoxworth via email or phone at tamara.hoxworth@state.co.us or
303-692-2390 by
noon, Monday 11/27/17;
3. Attend
the meeting by teleconference (call-in information will be provided following
RSVP); or
4. Attend
the meeting in person (an RSVP must be received by close of business Tues.
11/21/17 to reserve a space).
To RSVP for phone or in-person
attendance, contact Lynda Saignaphone at Lynda.saignaphone@state.co.us or 303-692-2923; call-in instructions, meeting time and location will be
provided.
