Detect, prevent and control hospital acquired conditions.

3M is there for you.

Washington ushers in a new era of patient safety. On October 1, 2008 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stopped reimbursing acute care hospitals for the treatment of certain hospital-acquired conditions (HACs).

Now is the time for clinical leaders and healthcare facilities to partner with 3M to help reduce infections, improve outcomes and preserve healthcare resources.

Preventable Hospital Acquired Conditions No Longer Being Reimbursed Include:

Stage III and IV
Pressure Ulcers

3M's multi-disciplined approach to preventing skin breakdown encompasses education, protocols, and clinical tools in addition to its high quality, dependable skin and wound care products. 3M can provide you with simple solutions for skin and wound assessment, and help you increase staff awareness and knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention.

Catheter Related
Blood Stream Infection

CR-BSI is the third most common health care-acquired infection in the country and is considered one of the most dangerous complications for patients. That’s why we’ve pioneered an innovative and systematic infection prevention program that aims to help reduce the acquisition and spread of pathogenic bacteria and viruses at the point of care and beyond.

Surgical Site
Infections

3M Health Care has been a worldwide leader in developing products and services that address infection prevention for more than three decades. The company is committed to improving the care of patients, not only through creating novel devices, but also through well-engineered products that can help minimize health care-associated infections, which result in nearly 100,000 deaths each year.

A recognized leader in research and development, 3M has been providing healthcare professionals and patients with innovative solutions that help make people’s lives better since 1948.

3M Health Care Solutions