Fig. 2

Graph of National (Patient Level) Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) for MRSA Bloodstream Infections in relationship to MRSA goals and to the performance of VA hospitals in reducing total non-ICU MRSA infections. Data was used only from hospitals that also had a calculable SIR. The data acquisition periods for the SIR are shown in Table 1. Only the baseline and final data points for the VA MRSA Infections are shown