• 2008 Newsletters
• 2007 Newsletters
• 2006 Newsletters

2008 Newsletters

• 
  Winter 2008
  In This Issue
  2000 Facilities Enrolled

  Updated Operative Procedure Codes
  Need help with specific event criteria?
  Annual Facility Surveys
  New NHSN Facility Administrator
  Reminders about Digital Certificates
  Implant and Transplant Definitions
  
  Download PDF for printing (275 KB / 5 pages)

• 
  Summer 2008
  In This Issue
  NHSN Member Meetings

  New Version of NHSN Coming Soon
  NHSN Contact Information
  Inactive Users
  Protocol Pointers
  Use ID# when requesting assistance
  SHEA/CDC Epidemiology Course
  NHSN Statistics – July 24, 2008
  
  Download PDF for printing (95KB/ 4 pages)

• 
  Spring 2008
  In This Issue
  NHSN Member Meetings

  NHSN Member Meetings
  NHSN Publications
  Monthly Data Reporting Requirement
  Setting the "Date Variable option in analysis
  Protocol Pointers
  NHSN Statistics - March 31, 2008
  
  Download PDF for printing (78.27KB/ 3 pages)
   

• 
  January 2008
  In This Issue
  Revised LCBI Definition

  Central Line Insertion Practices (CLIP) measure coming soon!
  Changing your email address
  Conferring rights to Survey data in a Group
  Protocol Pointers
  Attribution of SSIs
  Pneumonia and secondary BSI
  
  Download PDF for printing (130.25KB/ 4 pages)

2007 Newsletters

• 
  December 2007
  In This Issue
  Revised LCBI Definition

  Annual Application for a New Digital Certificate
  Adding Users
  Protocol Updates
  Protocol Pointers
  CAUTI Events
  Cellulitis
  NHSN Statistics - Nov 28, 2007
  Download PDF for printing (114.32KB/ 6 pages)

• 
  Fall 2007
  In This Issue
  Coming Soon! NHSN Manual Revisions

  NHSN Manual Revisions
  LCBI Clarification
  Notes about Obtaining a New Digital certificate
  Adding Users
  Facility Administrators - Please Review Users
  NHSN Interactive Computerized Training Courses
  Protocol Pointers
  NHSN Statistics - October 1, 2007
  Download PDF for printing (232kb/4 pages)

• 
  May 2007
  In This Issue
  NHSN Meeting at APIC Conference in San Jose

  NHSN Meeting at APIC Conference
  Reminder: Back Up Your Digital Certificate
  How to Change an Incorrectly Mapped Location
  Protocol Pointers
  NHSN Statistics - May 2007
  Download PDF for printing (121 KB/5 pages)

   

• 
  April 2007
  In This Issue
  NHSN Meeting at APIC Conference in San Jose

  Annual Facility Survey Requirement
  "Confer Rights to a Group" Training Archived
  Protocol Pointers
  Incorrect Mapping of Location Codes
  Update on NHSN for Mandatory Reporting of HAIs
  First Dialysis Outcomes Report Planned
  NHSN Statistics - April 2007
  Download PDF for printing (166 KB/5 pages)

• March 2007
  In This Issue
  Help Messages in NHSN

  Help Messages in NHSN
  Documenting Training for New Users
  "Post-procedure" Field Changes
  MMWR Hard Copy Distribution Discontinued
  Editing/Deleting NHSN Users
  Protocol Pointers
  Analysis Reminders
  NHSN Staff Change
  NHSN Statistics - March 2007
  Download PDF for printing (153 KB/6 pages)

• 
  February 2007
  In This Issue
  CDC Influenza Links

  CDC Influenza Links
  Thank you!
  Protocol Pointers
  New Improvements in Dialysis Incident Surveillance
  NHSN Statistics - February 2007
  NHSN Protocol Revisions
  Update on the NHSN HELP system
  Download PDF for printing (124 KB/5 pages)

• 
  January 2007
  In This Issue
  Happy New Year Form NHSN

  2006 Certificates of Participation
  2006 Data Submission
  Web Cast Training Sessions
  NHSN Statistics - January 2007
  NHSN Protocol Clarifications
  ICD-9-CM Code Removed from NHSN CARD Category
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2006 Newsletters

• December 2006 PDF (80 KB/5 pages)
  In This Issue NHSN Training - Analysis Training
  . Reminders about Digital Certificates
  . Changing your Email Address
  . Expansion of NHSN
  . NHSN Report - 2007
• November 2006 PDF (78 KB/4 pages)
  In This Issue NHSN Training - Save the Dates!
  . NHSN Version 1.1 Coming Soon
  . Clean up Time! Delete Inactive Users
  . Help Messages in NHSN
• Sept/Oct 2006 PDF (118 KB/5 pages)
  In This Issue NHSN Anniversary - October 20
  . Updated ICD-9-CM Procedure Codes
  . NHSN Manual (Patient Safety Protocol) Revisions
  . Reminder! Digital Certificate Renewal
  . Please Include Your ID!
  . NHSN Statistics
• July/August 2006 PDF (57 KB/3 pages)
  In This Issue Renewing your Digital Certificate
  . Tips from the Trenches
    . Implants and SSIs
    . Output for All Device-Associated Infections
  . Please Include Your ID!
  . NHSN Statistics
  . Editing/Deleting Your NHSN Users
• June 2006 PDF (47 KB/3 pages)
  In This Issue Tips from the Trenches
  . NHSN Statistics
  . Changes to BSI Criteria
  . Operations with Implants
• May 2006 PDF (48 KB/3 pages)
  In This Issue NHSN Users Meeting Scheduled for APIC Conference in Tampa
  . NHSN Patient Safety Component Protocol Document Revised
  . NHSN Opens to Groups
  . NHSN Statistics
  . Newsletters to be Posted not Emailed
  . IT Support for Blast Emails
• April 2006 PDF (64 KB/6 pages)
  In This Issue NHSN Users Meeting Scheduled for APIC Conference in Tampa
  . Web Conferences
  . NHSN Statistics
  . Output Options - Tips from the Trenches
  . Email Inquiries
  . Important New Clarification about Central Lines

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