A Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) is an infection that occurs in a patient as a result of being in a hospital setting after having medical or surgical treatment.
Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (SBELIH) monitors patients for 6 types of HAI’s:
- Surgical site infections (SSI’s) following colon, hip replacement procedures
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs)
- Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs)
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections (CREs)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections (BSIs)
The NYS Department of Health produces reports that compare Stony Eastern Long Island Hospital's hospital-acquired infection rates with those of other hospitals in the state of New York. The reports can be accessed by going directly to http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/facilities/hospital/hospital_acquired_infections/
