The Department of Health and Human Services Plan to Reduce HAIs

Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) have evolved into a constant battle for the healthcare industry and consumers. Each year, approximately 1.7 million people are infected with HAIs and roughly 99,000 result in death.

Donald Wright, MD, MPH, principal deputy assistant secretary for health within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a detailed account as to how HHS is planning on combating this national healthcare problem in 2009.

Bringing together the HHS's full resources, increasing influenza vaccinations among healthcare workers, and creating more consistency and compatibility of HAI data are just a few of the ways that Dr. Wright and the HHS is working at lowering HAIs.

Click here to view Dr. Wright's plan on how HHS is going to diminish HAIs