National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Toolkit

NHSN Basics

• CMS COVID-19 NHSN Reporting Requirements for Nursing Homes (PDF), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• NHSN Enrollment in COVID-19 Module (PDF), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
• How to Register and Apply for a SAMS Grid Card (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• How to Request a Replacement SAMS Grid Card (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• NHSN Joining Group – Conferring Rights (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• Adding New Users to NHSN (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• How to Set Up the Entrust Soft Token (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• How to Deactivate an NHSN User (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• I Have Errors in NHSN. What Should I Do? (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO

NHSN Reporting

• How to Pull NHSN Reports (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• NHSN Competency Self-Assessment Checklist (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO

COVID-19

• Up-to-Date NHSN COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• CMS Nursing Home COVID-19 Public Data, CMS
• NHSN COVID-19 Up-to-Date Infographic; also in US Spanish and Spanish for Puerto Rico (PDFs), TMF QIN-QIO
• LTCF Weekly Health Care Personnel (HCP) and Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting Resources, CDC
• LTCF COVID-19 Module Resources, CDC
• Instructions for Completion of Monthly Plan LTCF Form (PDF), CDC

Influenza

• Annual Flu Vaccine for HCP Tracker (Excel), TMF QIN-QIO
• How to Use the NHSN Annual Flu Vaccine for HCP Tracker (video), TMF QIN-QIO

C.diff

• Multidrug-Resistant Organism and Clostridioides difficile (MDRO/CDI) Infection Reporting Module, CDC
• How to Set Up Monthly Facility C.diff Reporting (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO
• How to Report C.diff Monthly (PDF), TMF QIN-QIO

Urinary Tract Infections

• Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Reporting, CDC