Becker's Healthcare May 2, 2024
Hospitals are gaining ground in reducing healthcare-associated infections after unprecedented highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from The Leapfrog Group’s spring safety grades show.
The organization published its spring safety grades May 1; they showed 92% of hospitals have improved their performance on at least one of three HAIs since the height of the pandemic.
The spring data, which covers a period from July 2022 through June 2023, shows central line-associated bloodstream infections have fallen 34% since Leapfrog’s fall 2022 safety grades. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also both decreased by 30%.
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