Goal Leader(s)

Marilyn B. Tavenner
CMS Acting Administrator
Program Lead: Patrick Conway
M.D., CMS Chief Medical Officer; Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality

 

Improve patient safety

By September 30, 2013, reduce the national rate of healthcare-associated infections by demonstrating significant, quantitative and measurable reductions in hospital-acquired central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.