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  • Illinois Hospitals Reporting Fewer Infections

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  • Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold today announced that overall, hospitals in Illinois reported fewer health care-associated infections in 2010 compared to 2009. As part of its continual update of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care website, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) analyzed central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) data and found more than 75 percent of Illinois hospitals had the same number, or fewer, central line-associated bloodstream infection cases in 2010 compared to 2009.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2011
Number or Issue: July 14

Date Created: 07 14 2011
Date Last Modified: 07 14 2011

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1. Illinois Hospitals Reporting Fewer Infections (071411IDPHHospitalReportCardupdate.doc).
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This is part of a series. It is part of Press releases from the Governor's agencies: 36960