Risk for HAIs Declining

By Ethan Covey

The risk for health care–associated infections (HAIs) was 16% lower in 2015 than in 2011, according to a CDC follow-up investigation revisiting a major point prevalence survey conducted in 2011 (N Engl J Med 2018;379[18]:1732-1744).

“We have worked with partners since 2009 to conduct prevalence surveys of health care–associated infections and antimicrobial use in U.S. health care facilities,” commented Shelley S. Magill, MD, PhD, of the CDC’s Division