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Health Care-Associated Infections

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Year201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.00.20.40.60.81.01.2Standardized Infection RatioHealth Care-Associated Infections: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI), NewJersey Hospitals, 2010 to 2020
Year201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.6Standardized Infection RatioHealth Care-Associated Infections: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI), NewJersey Hospitals, 2010 to 2020
Year2012201320142015201620172018201920200.00.20.40.60.81.01.2Standardized Infection RatioHealth Care-Associated Infections: Colon Surgical Site Infections, New Jersey Hospitals, 2012 to 2020
Year201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.00.51.01.52.0Standardized Infection RatioHealth Care-Associated Infections: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABGs) Surgical Site Infections,New Jersey Hospitals, 2010 to 2020
Year201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.6Standardized Infection RatioHealth Care-Associated Infections: Abdominal Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infections, New Jersey Hospitals, 2010 to 2020
Year201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.00.51.01.52.0Standardized Infection RatioHealth Care-Associated Infections: Knee Arthroplasty Surgical Site Infections, New Jersey Hospitals, 2010 to 2020

Why Is This Important?

Healthcare-associated infections are among the top causes of unnecessary illnesses and deaths in the United States.1

Definition

Infections that are acquired in a health care setting, as measured by a standardized infection ratio (SIR)

A standardized infection ratio (SIR) lower than 1.0 means the actual number is lower than expected.
A standardized infection ratio (SIR) higher than 1.0 means the actual number is greater than expected.

All objectives and data are for hospitals only. Ambulatory surgery centers are not included.

Data Source

Healthcare-Associated Infections, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/index.html)

How the Measure is Calculated

Numerator:Total number of "observed" or actual infections
Denominator:Total number of "expected" infections (derived from the national baseline)

How Are We Doing?

The Healthy New Jersey 2020 targets for CAUTI and colon and abdominal hysterectomy surgical site infections were all achieved. However, the CLABSI and CABG and knee arthroplasty surgical site infection targets were not met.

What Is Being Done?

Reducing preventable HAIs is a priority for the Department of Health and under state law, New Jersey hospitals are required to submit data on healthcare-associated infections to the Department. The Department is required to review and analyze the data, and report the results in New Jersey's annual Hospital Performance Report.2

Available Services

Health care quality information for patients and their families: https://www.nj.gov/health/healthcarequality/patients-families/

More Resources

NJDOH Hospital Quality Reports: https://www.nj.gov/health/healthcarequality/health-care-professionals/hospital-performance-report/index.shtml

CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN): http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/dataStat.html

Footnote References

1. NJDOH, Healthcare-Associated Infections

2. NJDOH, Report Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

Indicator Data Last Updated On 05/04/2022, Published on 06/04/2024
Health Care Quality Assessment, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: hcqa@doh.nj.gov (https://nj.gov/health/healthcarequality/)