The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released a report that shows that doctors are still struggling to cut down on post-operative infections acquired by patients in hospitals. The rates of post-operative bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections both increased by substantial amounts over the last year, the report said. The new health care laws may help subdue this trend, however. Hospitals with high rates of infection will face stiff penalties from the government starting in 2015.