Louisiana Activities to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections

CDC and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals have entered into a data use agreement. The state health department will gain access on a quarterly basis to data reported to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) from healthcare facilities in the state. The new provisions are designed to allow data access solely for the purposes of surveillance and prevention.

The following data are being requested by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals:

• Central line-associated bloodstream infections in all critical care locations
• Surgical site infections for colon and hysterectomy procedures (inpatient procedures only)
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in all critical care locations
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia in all critical care locations
• Dialysis events from outpatient dialysis facilities
• MRSA and C. difficile Lab ID events from all inpatient locations (FacWideIN)

See entire Louisiana Data Use Agreement [PDF - 3.2 MB]

See detailed list of data [PDF - 233 KB] in the agreement

• Patients in Louisiana hospitals had 27 percent fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2011 than would have been predicted.  (SIR=0.73, What is this?)
• The percent of healthcare facilities in this state reporting HAI data to CDC's NHSN:
  • CLABSIs: 42.4%
  • CAUTIs: 16.9%
  • The number of facilities reporting SSIs: 15
• State health department and hospital association are involved with a CUSP initiative to prevent CLABSI and/or CAUTI.
• State has implemented two CLABSI Prevention Collaboratives.
• State has implemented a SSI Prevention Collaborative
• 2012 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $105,000.00
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2011 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $47,553
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure (see ACA Activities Funded for more information)
• 2009-2011 Recovery Act funding amount: $647,083
  • Activities A, B, and C: Infrastructure, Monitoring, and Prevention Projects (see ELC Activities Funded for more information)