Washington State Dept of Health release infection rates for hospitals statewide

Washington State Department of Health has published the infection rates – central lines and ventilator-associated pneumonia – for hospitals statewide on its Web site (Healtcare Associated Infections Program). The state’s new Web site was mandated by law in 2007. Twenty-six states, including Washington, now require hospitals to report infections that occur in their institutions. In widely varying degrees, most of those states make the data available to the public.