Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

State HAI Plan Template

In response to the increasing concerns about the public health impact of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed an Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (HHS Action Plan). The HHS Action Plan includes recommendations for surveillance, research, communication and metrics for measuring progress towards national goals. The final version of the plan can be found on the HHS website: http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/initiatives/hai.

The 2009 Omnibus bill required states receiving Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant funds to certify that they will submit a plan to reduce HAIs to the Secretary of Health and Human Services not later than January 1, 2010. In order to assist states in responding within the short timeline required by that language and to facilitate coordination with national HAI prevention efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has drafted a template to assist state planning efforts in the prevention of HAIs. This template will help to ensure progress towards national prevention targets as described in the HHS Action Plan, wherein CDC is leading the implementation of recommendations on National Prevention Targets and Metrics and the implementation of priority prevention recommendations, while allowing flexibility to tailor the plan to each state’s specific needs.

The attached template provides choices for developing or enhancing state HAI prevention activities. States can choose to target different levels of HAI prevention efforts indicated by checking appropriate boxes. This can serve as the state’s HAI plan for submission. The template is designed to be flexible and accommodate states at different levels of planning. For example if your state has an existing plan, you may choose to incorporate that plan into the attached template or submit the existing plan in place of the template provided.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Web Conference

This conference was sponsored by the Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose was to gain a general overview of the State HAI Plan and how to submit one, learn about resources currently available to develop and carry out the plan, have an opportunity to ask questions. The intended audience was staff from states responsible for developing their State HAI Plan.

Slides from the Web Conference "Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Developing a State Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Plan" are currently available to download:

If you have questions or would like more information, please send an email to haistateplans@hhs.gov.

 

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Date last modified: August 20, 2009
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Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases

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