Multidrug-resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD) Module
The MDRO and CDAD Module is part of the Patient Safety Component of NHSN and includes instructions for procedures performing infection surveillance, laboratory-identified (LabID) event reporting, and prevention process and active surveillance testing outcome measures. Prevention process measures include hand hygiene and gown and gloves use adherence. Multidrug-resistant organisms monitored include: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp., and Klebsiella spp., Acinetobacter spp. Instructions for monitoring C. difficile infection are also contained in this module.
Corresponding Materials
Protocol and Instructions
- Multidrug-resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD) Module Protocol PDF (413 KB/ 25 pages)
Guidelines and procedures for monitoring MDRO and CDAD. - Tables of Instructions PDF (623 KB / 49 pages)
Instructions for completing forms
Training
- MDRO Infection Surveillance
- LabID Event Reporting
- Prevention Process and Active Surveillance Testing Outcome Measures
- C. difficile Infection Surveillance and C. difficile LabID Event Reporting
Forms
- 57.106 Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan PDF (27 KB / 2 pages)
- 57.107 Patient Data PDF (65 KB / 1 pages)
- 57.126 MDRO or CDAD Infection Event PDF (192 KB /3 pages)
- 57.127 MDRO and CDAD Prevention Process and Outcome Measures Monthly Monitoring PDF (197 KB /2 pages)
- 57.128 Laboratory-identified MDRO or CDAD Event PDF (108 KB /1 page)
- 57.108 Primary Bloodstream Infection (BSI) PDF (83 KB/ 3 pages)
- 57.111 Pneumonia (PNEU) PDF (193 KB/ 3 pages)
- 57.114 Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) PDF (90 KB / 2 pages)
- 57.120 Surgical Site Infection (SSI) PDF (103 KB / 3 pages)
Other Resource
- Overview of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance through the NHSN
Summary of the main MRSA-related metrics that can be produced by facility data reported to the NHSN through its Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD) Module and its Device-Associated Module that may be useful in this context. PDF (97 KB / 3 pages)
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