National Voluntary Consensus Standards for the Reporting of Healthcare-associated Infection Data

Forward by Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA

Paperback, 82 pages
March 2008

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Abstract

Approximately 20 states now require healthcare providers to report infection-related data, and 16 states make reports on healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates available to the public. Numerous public and private purchasers and quality oversight organizations require providers to report HAI data in various local and regional initiatives. However, to date, only limited national standards for the public reporting of HAI data have been in use making it difficult to compare or aggregate the reported data on regional or national levels. NQF has endorsed voluntary consensus standards related to HAIs in several projects. This report represents an extension of that work by presenting a set of seven national voluntary consensus standards for reporting HAI data, including a framework for measurement and public reporting.

 

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