NNIS Pneumonia Pilot Study

A pilot study to evaluate the draft NNIS Pneumonia Definitions was conducted from April through September 2001. Because of OMB regulations, only nine hospitals were included as pilot sites.

For your reference, all of the study materials can be accessed below.

DO NOT use these criteria or forms for reporting pneumonia infections; instead use the:
Final - Criteria for Determining Nosocomial Pneumonia

Pilot Study Forms and Criteria

Pilot - Criteria for Defining Nosocomial Pneumonia PDF ( 9 pages/52 KB)

Pilot - Instructions (Adult) PDF (3 pages/15KB)

Pilot - Adult Flow Diagram* January 2005PDF (2 pages/41KB)

Pilot - Instructions (Infant/Child)PDF (2 pages/42KB)

Pilot - Infant/Child Flow Diagram January 2005PDF (2 pages/42KB)

Pilot - EvaluationPDF (1 page/42KB)

* - The Adult Flow Diagram needs to be printed on legal-size paper. When printing the diagram in Adobe Acrobat, select "Print" from the pull-down menu and then click on "Properties." Under the "Paper" tab, change the paper selection to "Legal." After clicking "OK," the diagram should either automatically print on legal-size paper or your printer will ask you to manually feed legal-size paper into the printer.