CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network 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, measure progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately eliminate healthcare-associated infections.
In addition, NHSN allows healthcare facilities to track blood safety errors and important healthcare process measures such as healthcare personnel influenza vaccine status and infection control adherence rates.
About NHSN
CDC's NHSN is the largest HAI reporting system in the U.S.
Data and Reports
See national and state reports using NHSN data.
Guidelines and Recommendations
Review CDC HAI prevention guidelines.
New to NHSN? Enroll Facility Here
For first time facility enrollment.
Reporting and Surveillance for Enrolled Facilities
Training, protocols, forms, support materials, analysis resources and FAQs.
Group Users
View resources for group users.
- Page last reviewed: January 27, 2015
- Page last updated: July 23, 2015
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