Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website to its version as of 12:00 AM on January 29, 2025. Information on this page may be modified and/or removed in the future subject to the terms of the court’s order and implemented consistent with applicable law. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from truth. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology due to the harms and divisiveness it causes. This page does not reflect reality and therefore the Administration and this Department reject it.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Last Reviewed: April 2013

Workgroups: Healthcare-Associated Infections Workgroup

This action plan lays out steps stakeholders across the federal government can take to eliminate health care-associated infections (HAIs). HAIs are an important public health and patient safety issue. The plan lists national goals and measures to deal with HAIs efficiently and effectively.

Read more about this resource

Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce C. diff infections that people get in the hospital — HAI‑01
Target met or exceeded

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2013). National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination. Retrieved from https://health.gov/hcq/prevent-hai-action-plan.asp