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10 12.0 Foundational 1.1.10 1.0 HSS Health Security Surveillance 1.0 PHSEI Health Surveillance & EpidemiologicalĀ Investigation The creation, maintenance, support, and strengthening of passive and active surveillance to: identify, discover, locate, and monitor threats, disease agents, incidents, and outbreaks provide relevant information to stakeholders monitoring/investigating adverse events related to medical countermeasures. The sub-domain includes the ability to successfully expand these systems and processes in response to incidents of health significance. M289 State health department participates in a broad prevention collaborative addressing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are diseases acquired by patients while receiving medical treatment in a healthcare facility. HAIs are significant sources of preventable disease burden, and place communities at elevated risk of large-scale outbreaks and epidemics. State prevention collaboratives consist of multiple hospitals within a state that support implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies through peer learning, performance measurement, and feedback reporting to clinicians and staff. State health department participation in these collaboratives is an indicator of the strength of HAI prevention strategies. CDC PSR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), Prevention Status Reports 2013 The measure does not evaluate the quality, comprehensiveness, or effectiveness of HAI prevention collaboratives.