Most Nosocomial Infections Fall Progress seen at national level, though more mixed in state-by-state analysis.

Rates of most major types of healthcare-associated infections have declined markedly in recent years, the CDC said Wednesday, although the trend did not extend to catheter-associated urinary tract infections. In 2013, significant decreases in standardized infection rates were seen for central line-associated bloodstream infections (down 46% from 2008), surgical site infections (down 19% from 2008), hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections (down 8% from 2011), and hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infections (down 10% from 2011), according to the National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report. But catheter-associated urinary tract infections had a 6% uptick from 2009 to 2013, the report said. On the other hand, "initial data seem to indicate that these infections have started to decrease." http://www.medpagetoday.com/HospitalBasedMedicine/InfectionControl/49528?xid=nl_mpt_special_reports_2015-08-13&eun=g5883165d11r