Surveillance for C. difficile, MRSA, and other Drug-resistant Infections

• MRSA and CDI LabID Event Training [CBT – 60 min]
• MRSA Bacteremia and CDI LabID Event Reporting – May 2019
  • YouTube Link [Video – 103 min]
  • Slideset pdf icon[PDF – 6 MB]
• MRSA Bacteremia and CDI LabID Event Reporting and Analysis Group Exercise – May 2019
  • YouTube Link [Video – 18 min]
  • Slideset pdf icon[PDF – 425 KB]
• Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) Monthly Denominator Form for FacWideIN Surveillance in Acute Care Hospitals Changes in 2019
  • YouTube Link [Video – 17 min]
• Patient Safety Component (PSC) Updates to the 2018 Annual Facility Survey – January 2019
  • YouTube Link [Video – 42 min]
• Patient Safety Component (PSC) Annual Survey – January 2016
  • YouTube Link [Video – 6 min]

Additional Training

• General NHSN Definitions for 2019 – May 2019
  • YouTube Link [Video – 52 min]
  • Slideset pdf icon[PDF – 5 MB]
• Determining Healthcare Association or Present on Admission Infections and Other Rules – July 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 16 min]

Analysis Training

• Analyzing LabID Event Data – May 2019
  • Review updated LabID slides for 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 500 KB]
  • YouTube Link [Video – 56 min]
  • Slideset pdf icon[PDF – 4 MB]
• Data Entry and Analysis Training

Continuing Education

• Obtaining Continuing Education for NHSN Training Events

When conducting MDRO Infection Surveillance, please review the applicable protocol and Chapter 2, Identifying Healthcare-associated Infection (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance in the NHSN Module.

• Multidrug-Resistant Organism & Clostridioides difficile Infection (MDRO/CDI) Module Protocol, January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]
• NHSN Overview January, 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 150 KB]
• Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) in NHSN, January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]
• Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan, January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 100 KB]

• FAQs: Multidrug-Resistant Organism & Clostridioides difficile Infection (MDRO and CDI)
• FAQs: Analysis
• FAQs: Annual Surveys
• FAQs: Locations
• FAQs: Miscellaneous
• FAQs: CDA

All Data Collection Forms are Print-only

• 57.128 Laboratory-identified MDRO or CDI Event January 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 100 KB]
  • Customizable form word icon[DOCX – 60 KB]
  • Table of Instructions for LabID MDRO-CDI form 57.128 pdf icon[PDF – 100 KB]
• 57.126 MDRO or CDI Infection Event January 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 100 KB]
  • Customizable form word icon[DOCX – 52 KB]
  • Table of Instructions for MDRO or CDI Event form 57.126 pdf icon[PDF – 400 KB]
• 57.127 MDRO and CDI Monthly Denominator Form January 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 56 KB]
  • Customizable form word icon[DOCX – 39 KB]
  • Table of Instructions for MDRO and CDI Monthly Denominator Form 57.127 pdf icon[PDF – 200 KB]
• 57.103 Patient Safety Component—Annual Facility Survey form January 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 250 KB]
  • Table of Instructions for Patient Safety Component – Annual Hospital Survey 57.103 pdf icon[PDF – 250 KB]
• 57.106 Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan form January 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 80 KB]
  • Customizable form word icon[DOCX – 60 KB]
  • Table of Instructions for Monthly Reporting Plan form 57.106 pdf icon[PDF – 100 KB]
• 57.115 HAI Custom Event form July 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 150 KB]
  • Customizable form word icon[DOCX – 80 KB]
    **Not to be used for CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAE, pediatric VAP, or LabID events.**
    To be used in conjunction with the CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections, January 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 400 KB] Chapter in the NHSN Patient Safety Manual.

• MDRO & CDI LabID Event Calculator Version 2.0

  (must have javascript enabled)
  Operates based upon the currently posted LabID Event protocols in the NHSN MDRO & CDI Module.

• Unusual Susceptibility Profiles Alert – January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 650 KB]
• CDC Location Labels and Location Descriptions, January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]
• NHSN Key Terms, January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 150 KB]
• CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections, January 2021 pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB]
• NHSN Organism List (All Organisms, Common Commensals, MBI Organisms, and UTI Bacteria) January 2021 excel icon[XLSX – 296 KB]
• CDC Vital Signs: Making Healthcare Safer
• SHEA-IDSA Guideline Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by SHEA and IDSA pdf icon[PDF – 549KB]

• Patient Safety Analysis Resources
• Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides
• Patient Safety Component – Variable Reference List pdf icon[PDF – 3M]