Infection preventionists (IPs) know that healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) cost facilities money, but quantifying their impact is a complex and difficult process. With funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), APIC has created a suite of tools to help IPs and other healthcare professionals calculate the cost of HAIs to their facilities using several different metrics. APIC and AHRQ want this tool to help healthcare professionals advocate for infection prevention as a means to improve health outcomes and the finances of a healthcare facility.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is creating a safer world through the prevention of infection. APIC’s nearly 16,000 members develop and direct infection prevention and control programs that save lives and improve the bottom line for healthcare facilities. APIC advances its mission through patient safety, education, implementation science, competencies and certification, advocacy, and data standardization. Visit us at apic.org.
This Cost Calculator was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for the AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI (Contract HHSP233201500016I/ HHSP23337006T) via the Health Research & Educational Trust. Use of the Cost Calculator is provided free of charge and publicly available to all.