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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a voluntary, secure, internet-based surveillance system that integrates and expands legacy patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC. NHSN also includes a new component for hospitals to monitor adverse reactions and incidents associated with receipt of blood and blood products. Enrollment is open to all types of healthcare facilities in the United States, including acute care hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient dialysis centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and long term care facilities. For more information, click on the topics below.

Topics

About NHSN
Overview, External Peer Review,
Confidentiality,
How data are used...
Enrollment Requirements
Eligibility, Required Training,
Reporting & System Requirements,
Security, Begin Enrollment...
Resource Library
Guides, Manuals, NHSN Codes
& Variables,
FAQs, HIPAA...
Data Collection Forms
Forms for routine data collection including customizable forms
to meet specific needs...
Patient Safety Component
Procedure, Device (Dialysis Event),
Medication-associated, MDRO,
& HRIIV Modules...
Healthcare Personnel Safety Component
Benefits of Participation,
Facility-Level Options,
BBF Exposure Module...
Biovigilance Component
Hemovigilance Module
Overview, Protocol and
Tables of Instructions...
NHSN Training
Pre-recorded webcasts: Enrollment ,
Data Entry, Surveillance, Analysis,
PS & HPS Components...

Communication Updates

Data & Statistics

Facilities Enrolled in NHSN, by State (total=2186)

More Data & Statistics

 

NHSN logo

NHSN Report 2008 NHSN Report, data summary for 2006 through 2007

Contact NHSN:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    National Healthcare Safety Network
    MS-A24
    1600 Clifton Rd
    Atlanta, GA 30333
  • nhsn@cdc.gov

More contact info

 
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