Applications due Dec. 19, 2011, for HAI awards sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Critical Care Societies Collaborative
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – Nov. 18, 2011 – Teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions with a record of reducing and eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are encouraged to submit their best practices to a national awards program.

Now in its second year, the annual awards program recognizes teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions that show excellence, leadership and notable, sustained improvements in preventing HAIs, specifically infections of critically ill patients.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Healthcare Quality (HHS), partnered with the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC) — a multidisciplinary organization composed of the American...