Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides
These quick reference guides were created to help you understand, modify, and interpret your data using the NHSN application’s various analysis output (report) options for the NHSN Patient Safety Component. These guides serve as companions to the "Introduction to NHSN Analysis" training slideset.
Analysis Quick Reference Guides
Frequently Requested Output/Reports
- How to obtain rates/standardized infection ratios (SIRs) for a fiscal year or cumulative time period [PDF - 126 KB]
- How to obtain a line list of procedures [PDF - 126 KB]
- How to obtain an event line list that includes pathogen information [PDF - 151 KB]
Output/Report Option Types
Each of these guides will describe and provide an example of how to create, modify, and interpret the data displayed in the output/report.
- Line List [PDF - 192 KB]
- Line List - Custom Field Variable Names [PDF - 192 KB]
- Frequency Table [PDF - 331 KB]
- Bar Chart [PDF - 160 KB]
- Pie Chart [PDF - 162 KB]
- Rate Table [PDF - 301 KB]
- Run Chart [PDF - 183 KB]
- SIR Table: Device-associated [PDF - 184 KB]
- SIR Table: Surgical Site Infections [PDF - 170 KB]
Tips for Customizing Your Output/Reports
- Filter Output by Time Period [PDF - 159 KB]Explains how to filter any output option by a specific time period and includes a description for each of the date variable formats.
- Filter Output by Additional Criteria [PDF - 166 KB]Explains how to filter any output by additional variables and criteria.
- Save Custom Output Options for Future Use [PDF - 113 KB]Explains how to save modifications as a custom output option.
- Share Custom Output Options with Coworkers [PDF - 113 KB]Explains how to publish custom output modifications to be used by other users in your facility.
- Export Data from NHSN [PDF - 128 KB] Explains how to export your surveillance data and calculated rates and SIRs from NHSN into another compatible format.
- Run Multiple Output Options [PDF - 143 KB]Explains how to run different output options at the same time, also referred to as an “Output Set”.
- Custom Fields [PDF -170 KB] Explains how to run analyses to include facility-defined custom variables (custom fields).
- Using the Statistics Calculator [PDF - 184 KB] Explains and provides examples on how to run statistical analyses on one or more measures using NHSN’s statistics calculator.
Detailed Guides for Specific Analysis Options
- Analyzing MBI-LCBI CLABSI Data [PDF - 109 KB]
- Using the “SIR – CLAB Data for CMS IPPS” Output Option [PDF - 418 KB]
- Using the “SIR – CAUTI Data for CMS IPPS” Output Option [PDF - 380 KB]
- Using the “SIR – Complex 30-Day SSI Data for CMS IPPS” Output Option [PDF - 398 KB]
- Using the "SIR - MRSA Blood FacwideIn LabID Data for CMS IPPS" Output Option [PDF - 150 KB] April 2013
- Using the "SIR - FacWideIn CDI LabID Data for CMS IPPS" Output Option [PDF - 164 KB] April 2013
- Using the "Line Listing – HCP Flu Vaccination Data for CMS IPPS" Output Option [PDF - 361 KB] April 2013
- Using the "Rate Table – CLAB Data for CMS LTCH PPS" Output Option [PDF - 156 KB] April 2013
- Using the "Rate Table – CAUTI Data for CMS LTCH PPS" Output Option [PDF - 157 KB] April 2013
- Using the "Rate Table – CAUTI Data for CMS IRF PPS" Output Option [PDF - 154 KB] April 2013
- NHSN Newsletter: Your Guide to the Standardized Infection Ratio [PDF - 419 KB]
- Guide to the Patient Safety Data Quality Output Options [PDF - 375 KB]
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