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Idea to send:	Topic Reporting Hospital Infection Rates Content Oklahoma does not currently require the reporting of hospital infection rates Colorado requires hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and dialysis centers to report incidents of hospital-acquired infections to the CDC to be analyzed and risk adjusted. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will use that information to issue facility-specific infection rates to the public. Maryland requires the Maryland Health Care Commission to include hospital-acquired infection information in the existing reporting system on hospital quality. New Hampshire requires hospitals to report their infection rates as well as measures they use to prevent infections. Two states, Nebraska and Nevada have passed laws mandating collection of hospital infection information but not to share with the public. An infection reporting system could help cut back on the number of infection-related complications and deaths. If the infection rates were tracked and compared, it would be much easier to determine why one hospital may have a higher rate and one may have a lower rate – which could lead to best practices to reduce the overall rate. Currently there is no such system.