The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a federal agency devoted to infection control and prevention in healthcare settings. What are the goals of the CDC? Select all that apply.
A)Reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections
B)Reduce targeted antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections
C)Decrease ventilator-associated pneumonia
D)Establish competencies to improve quality and safety for nursing education
E)Develop the National Patient Safety Goals

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The CDC focuses on reducing healthcare-associated infections, such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (A), targeted antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections (B), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (C). Establishing competencies for nursing education (D) and developing National Patient Safety Goals (E) are not direct goals of the CDC but rather fall under the purview of organizations like the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and The Joint Commission, respectively.

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