Tracking Infections in Acute Care Hospitals/Facilities
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NHSN is the HAI surveillance gold standard. The system (and its predecessors) started years ago helping a few hundred healthcare facilities; today, more than 17,000 healthcare facilities use NHSN as the cornerstone of their HAI elimination strategies. Specifically, facilities use NHSN to:
- Access NHSN enrollment requirements for CMS Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program,
- Obtain baseline HAI rates,
- Compare rates to CDC’s national data,
- Participate in state or national HAI prevention collaboratives,
- Devise and implement HAI elimination strategies,
- Evaluate immediate and long-term results of elimination efforts,
- Refocus efforts as needed, or advance to different areas.
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) and non-central line-associated Bloodstream Infection
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- Training
- Protocols
- Forms
- Support Materials
- Analysis Resources
- FAQs
![AUR](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/antibiotics.jpg)
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- Support Materials
- Analysis Resources
- FAQs
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) and non-catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Other Urinary System Infection (USI)
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- Support Materials
- Analysis Resources
- FAQs
![MDRO C.Diff](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/MRSA.jpg)
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![SSI](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/SSI_1.jpg)
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- Analysis Resources
- FAQs
Ventilator-associated* and non-ventilator-associated Pneumonia (PNEU)
* In-Plan Pediatric Locations Only
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- FAQs
* In-Plan Pediatric and Neonatal Locations Only
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* In-Plan Adult Locations Only
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![CLIP](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/PICC.jpg)
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![Healthcare Personnel Vaccination](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/vaccination.jpg)
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![Blood Safety Surveillance](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/bloodSafety.jpg)
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- Analysis Resources
- FAQs
![Healthcare Personnel Exposure](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201221064402im_/https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/images/icons/vax2.jpg)
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- Analysis Resources
- FAQs