Here are five key findings from the report at the national level:
• Central line-associated bloodstream infections decreased by 46 percent between 2008 and 2013.
• Surgical site infections related to the 10 select procedures tracked in the report decreased by 19 percent between 2008 and 2013.
• Hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia decreased by 8 percent between 2011 and 2013.
• Hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infections decreased by 10 percent between 2011 and 2013.
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections increased by 6 percent between 2009 and 2013; although initial 2014 data seem to indicate that these infections have started to decrease.
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