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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce C. diff infections that people get in the hospital — HAI‑01 Data

Status: Target met or exceeded

  Target met or exceeded
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Most Recent Data:
0.48 Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) (2022)

Target:
0.70 SIR

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
1.00 was the national Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) for hospital-onset CDI in 2015

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Hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections, 2015-2022
(Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR))
Decrease desired

Population 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
1.00
0.92
CI 0.92 / 0.93
0.80
CI 0.80 / 0.81
0.71
CI 0.71 / 0.72
0.58
CI 0.58 / 0.59
0.52
CI 0.51 / 0.52
0.50
CI 0.50 / 0.51
0.48
CI 0.48 / 0.49