Monday, September 22, 2008
Public Health, Corporate Accountability, Healthcare-Associated Infections
Public Health, Corporate Accountability, Healthcare-Associated Infections
Survey of State Hospital Associations: Practices to Prevent Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis issued a report on hospital-associated infections. This report summarizes the results of a staff survey of state hospital associations which shows that the majority of state hospital associations have not adopted a program which could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars.
Documents and Links
Report: Survey of State Hospital Associations: Practices to Prevent Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections (438 KB)- Alaska Response (126 KB)
- Alabama Reponse (296 KB)
- Arkansas Response (3 MB)
- Arizona Response (28 KB)
- California Response (466 KB)
- California Second Response (73 KB)
- Colorado Response (1 MB)
- Connecticut Response (1 MB)
- Delaware Response (60 KB)
- Florida Response (375 KB)
- Georgia Response (1 MB)
- Hawaii Response (108 KB)
- Iowa Response (41 KB)
- Idaho Response (41 KB)
- Illinois Response (2 MB)
- Indiana Response (4 MB)
- Kansas Response (34 KB)
- Kentucky Response (223 KB)
- Louisiana Response (997 KB)
- Massachusetts Response (50 KB)
- Maryland Response (521 KB)
- Maine Response (74 KB)
- Michigan Response (68 KB)
- Minnesota Response (105 KB)
- Missouri Response (182 KB)
- Mississippi Response (211 KB)
- Montana Response (315 KB)
- North Carolina Response (135 KB)
- North Dakota Response (92 KB)
- Nebraska Response (429 KB)
- New Hampshire Response (29 KB)
- New Jersey Response (147 KB)
- New Mexico Response (72 KB)
- Nevada Response (1 MB)
- New York Response (63 KB)
- Ohio Response (44 KB)
- Oklahoma Response (64 KB)
- Oregon Response (245 KB)
- Pennsylvania Response (449 KB)
- Rhode Island Response (157 KB)
- South Carolina Response (111 KB)
- South Dakota Response (145 KB)
- Tennessee Response (433 KB)
- Texas Response (128 KB)
- Utah Response (77 KB)
- Virginia Response (5 MB)
- Vermont Response (81 KB)
- Washington Response (5 MB)
- Wisconsin Response (93 KB)
- West Virginia Response (180 KB)
- Wyoming Response (341 KB)
