Whereas, Protecting the health of American includes providing every citizen with access to safe and effective health care; and,

Whereas, Infection Prevention and Control Professionals are devoted to patient and health care worker safety and are committed to reducing the risk and occurrence of healthcare-associated infections; and,

Whereas, The prevention of healthcare-associated infections is instrumental in achieving this goal; and,

Whereas, Every year, more than 800 million Americans visit their physicians and over 33 million are admitted hospitals, with many undergoing medical procedures that have a risk of infectious complications; and,

Whereas, Healthcare associated infections increase morbidity and mortality and add a significant financial burden to the cost of healthcare; and,

Whereas, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), representing more than 11,000 Infection Prevention and Control Professionals, sponsors International Infection Prevention Week with this year’s theme being “International Infection Prevention Week:  It’s In Your Hands”; and now therefore be it,

Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby proclaim the week of October 16, 2006, as Infection Prevention Week in Michigan.