• Action should be taken because HAI is the cause of morbidity and mortality. When individuals are in a hospital or health clinic, 1 in every 25 patients is infected with HAI. These infections are costing the US billions of dollars in health care each year and …show more content…
They are also working with a committee for Prevention of Health Care Associate Infections to come up with strategies to help accelerate the progress of the nation infection reduction goals.
• This health care policy is important because it can change patient's lives as well as save them. Thousands of individuals die each year because the cause of healthcare-associated infections because their treatment may have gone wrong or they may have gotten a bacterial infection from surgery. Any reduction or coming up with better strategies will help the hospitals and clinics know what protocol to use, which will save an individual's life. It also helps keeps the staff from at risk too because they would be following the policy and protocols that will keep them and the patients safe