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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | Health Facilities

Health and Safety Data Services (formerly Patient Safety Program)

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Advances in medicine have brought about the use of many new procedures and devices to treat patients and aid them in recovery. Infections can be associated with the use of devices in medical procedures, for example, catheters and ventilators.

One of the most effective actions you can take to prevent an infection is to wash your hands and ask your doctors, nurses, and visitors to wash their hands, too. Learn more about the steps you can take to prevent infection from the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Top Ten Things You Can Do to be a Safe Patient.

Program Information

Advisory Committee

Health Associated Infections (HAI) Advisory Commitee meetings are held at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO.

The Colorado Health Facility-Acquired Infection Advisory Committee was defined and established by House Bill 1045 in 2006. The members of the committee include: local hospital inpatient and outpatient infection preventionists, the Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Mile High chapter members, a medical statistician, an infectious disease doctor, a health insurer representative, a consumer advocate and a purchaser of health insurance. In addition, representatives from the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) and the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) attend the committee meetings on a regular basis and discuss ongoing HAI projects as well as potential partnerships for new projects.

Colorado Health Facilities Associated Infections Advisory Committee Mission Statement

The Colorado Health Facilities Associated Infections Advisory Committee shall provide oversight of legislatively mandated healthcare-associated infections and reporting of such to help ensure accountability and the protection of health of patients in Colorado through education, validation of data, and review of reporting requirements and surveillance practices.

Goals:

Ensure all components of House Bill 06-1045 are met
Provide guidance for the reporting metrics of healthcare-associated infections
Evaluate relevancy and accuracy of reporting requirements
Establish priorities for completion of validation studies
Provide input on outreach activities and research projects such as prevention collaboratives, rural outreach programs, surveillance studies, and other HAI-related projects as needed
Provide guidance regarding the Annual Report due January 15 of each year and other reports developed for consumers and healthcare personnel
Improve Healthcare safety for Colorado citizens with regard to HAI

Meeting Minutes

February 26, 2013
January 2013 - no meeting
December 2012- no meeting
November 27, 2012
October 23, 2012
September 25, 2012
August 2012 - no meeting
July 24, 2012
June 2012 - no meeting
May 22, 2012
April 2012 - no meeting
March 27, 2012
February 28, 2012
January 24, 2012

Contact Information

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Health and Safety Data Services Program
Phone: (303) 692-2930
Fax: (303) 753-6214
Email: tamara.hoxworth@state.co.us