7 Health Quality Promotion

Attachment 9.

Health Quality Promotion

FORM APPROVED

OMB No. 0920-0636

EXP DATE MM/DD/20YY

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Health Quality Promotion

1. What specific policies does your state or jurisdiction have in place to promote detection and / or prevention of healthcare-associated infections in a variety of settings (e.g., acute care, long-term care, and dialysis facilities and ambulatory care centers)?

2. Did your state or jurisdiction conduct any validation of National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data submitted during the previous calendar year by healthcare facilities in your jurisdiction? Please describe, addressing the following areas:

   1. Data-cleaning

   2. Detection of significant changes in data reported (rates, infections, denominators)

   3. Outlier detection

   4. Audit of medical records

   5. Other. Please specify _________________________

3. What challenges or barriers have you encountered in supporting implementation of recommendations to prevent healthcare-associated infections? (Please list and describe in order of importance.)

4. What challenges or barriers have you encountered with respect to performing National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data validation? (Please list and describe in order of importance.)

5. What challenges or barriers have you encountered in providing laboratory support for detection, investigation, and / or prevention of healthcare-associated infections?

6. List specific resources and strategies currently being used by your health department to facilitate prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Please list and describe in order of importance, noting specific tools or materials needed to further facilitate prevention efforts.