The 2024 Healthcare-Associated Infections Annual Report is live!

 

To: Acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, critical access hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term acute care hospitals, pediatric hospitals, outpatient hemodialysis centers, facility administrators, and infection preventionists From: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance Program The 2024 healthcare-associated infections (HAI) annual report has been published, and can be found here. This report contains 2023 rates of HAIs that Colorado health care facilities report to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) via the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). It includes infections associated with urinary catheters, central lines, dialysis, and surgeries. It also includes hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infections. Rates of HAIs reported are compared to the 2015 national baseline and to rates from 2022. For further information: For any additional questions, please contact Amy Harjes, amy.harjes@state.co.us. .