NHSN Support

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system. NHSN provides facilities, states, regions and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas and measure progress of infection prevention. This page provides tools and resources to support TMF HQIC-enrolled facilities who have limited or no experience with the NHSN database.

• CDC Quick Learn Demonstration: Reporting Weekly Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Data
  This NHSN video presents an explanation of cumulative data, how to calculate cumulative COVID-19 vaccination data, and a demonstration of the NHSN application for residents in long-term care facilities, health care personnel, and patients in outpatient dialysis facilities.
• CDC 2021 NHSN Training Refresher: MRSA Bacteremia and C. difficile LabID Event Reporting
  This course on key concepts of event reporting includes monthly reporting plan and definitions for MRSA and C. difficile, in addition to examples of event categorization and data entry for denominator data.
• NHSN Survival Guide (PDF)
• NHSN New User Guide (PDF)
• NHSN Joining Group and Conferring Rights (PDF)
• How to Deactivate a NHSN User (PDF)
• NHSN MONTHLY CHECKLIST FOR REPORTING TO CMS HOSPITAL IQR PROGRAM (Patient Safety Data)) (PDF)
• NHSN CHECKLIST FOR HCP REPORTING TO CMS HOSPITAL, IRF (Healthcare Personnel Data) (PDF)
• CMS - ACH Requirements | NHSN | CDC
• NHSN ICU Definition/Mapping Tool (PDF)