NJHA is recruiting hospitals to join the national collaborative “States Targeting Reduction in Infections Via Engagement (STRIVE).”

Beginning April 1, this 12-month initiative led by the American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Educational Trust and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is aimed at hospitals working to reduce C. difficile and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) by improving basic infection prevention practices and implementation of HAI-specific interventions.

Working collaboratively with the New Jersey Department of Health, NJHA will provide support to hospitals as they participate in infection prevention assessments, HAI prevention educational programming and action planning using the CDC’s Targeted Assessment for Prevention strategy.

As part of its recruitment efforts, NJHA will be reaching out directly to hospitals that demonstrate through infection data an opportunity to improve their C. difficile rates. 

Hospitals may also learn more and register online by visiting the STRIVE website.