Following the financial pressures the healthcare industry incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, GP PRO conducted a survey of acute and post-acute healthcare providers to understand if those pressures remain and how they are prioritizing their spending.

The survey found that for 64% of respondents, margins are trending up; still all respondents stated that financial pressures remain due to increased costs related to labor, PPE, cleaning and disposable supplies, preventing HAIs, and more. Despite these pressures, over the next 12 months, healthcare providers anticipate investing time and resources into staffing and retention, improving margins, and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Read the complete surveyfor additional context on the financial state of acute and post-acute healthcare facilities and the implications these findings may have on environmental services personnel and infection preventionists.