Indiana State Health Improvement Plan (I-SHIP) - State of Indiana

Health Promotion
Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
Priority: Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
SECONDARY PREVENTION: HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION SURVEILLANCE, DETECTION,
REPORTING AND RESPONSE
Systems Change
(Policy/Resources)
Health
Communications
Outcomes Activities Responsible Partner(s)
Reduce central line associated
bloodstream infections (CLABSI) by at
least 25% within five years at health care
facilities as measured by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention central
line associated bloodstream infection
standardized infection ratio and
compliance with the central line bundle.
Adopt reporting of healthcare associated
infection by health care facilities.
Assess current incidence of healthcare
associated infections in hospitals and
nursing homes.
Use of CDC National Healthcare Safety
Network (NHSN) by hospitals to track
healthcare associated infections utilizing
National Healthcare Safety Network
national standards.
Implement use of a central line bundle
checklist at all hospitals.
Participation by health care facilities in a
central line associated bloodstream infection
initiative.
Adopt state standards for healthcare
associated infection reporting by health care
facilities beginning with hospitals and
extending to other facilities and providers as
the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention‘s National Healthcare Safety
Network is adapted for other providers.
Utilize healthcare associated infection data
though federal reporting for improved
surveillance.
Analyze healthcare associated infection data
from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention‘s National Healthcare Safety
Network.
Analyze healthcare associated infection data
from participants in the Indiana Healthcare
Associated Infection Initiative.
Training to health care providers on the
National Healthcare Safety Network and
identification of healthcare associated
infection.
Development of state healthcare associated
infection epidemiology program.
Indiana health care facilities; Healthcare quality
improvement associations, organizations, and
centers; ISDH Health Care Quality and
Regulatory Commission; ISDH Epidemiology
Resource Center
ISDH Health Care Quality and Regulatory
Commission; ISDH Epidemiology Resource
Center
Indiana Healthcare Associated Infection
Initiative Collaborative Team; ISDH Health
Care Quality and Regulatory Commission;
ISDH Epidemiology Resource Center
Healthcare quality improvement organizations,
associations, and centers; ISDH Health Care
Quality and Regulatory Commission; ISDH
Epidemiology Resource Center