American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 42, Issue 10 , Supplement, S189-S296 October 2014
http://www.ajicjournal.org/issue/S0196-6553%2814%29X0013-1

From Science to Implementation: AHRQ’s Program to Prevent HAIs – Results and Lessons
Introduction: From science to implementation: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s program to prevent healthcare-associated infections—results and lessons learned
James B. Battles, James I. Cleeman, Katherine L. Kahn, Daniel A. Weinberg
S189–S190
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For more than a decade, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has invested in research and implementation projects to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in diverse health care settings. AHRQ’s commitment to HAI prevention has been expressed in activities within the Agency and through its funding of contracts and grants. In 2011, AHRQ funded IMPAQ International and the RAND Corporation to conduct a synthesis of results of AHRQ-funded HAI projects. The main goals were to identify the major results and lessons learned stemming from AHRQ-funded research, to disseminate this information, and to identify remaining gaps in the HAI-related knowledge base.