Communication Updates

E-mail updates

Informational e-mails are periodically sent to the NHSN community with updates on news and developments. In an effort to keep the growing NHSN community informed, a copy of the sent e-mails are posted on this page.

February 2013

• Subject: Attached document – NHSN v 7.1 Release Notes (Sent 2/27/2013) [PDF - 25 KB]

December 2012

• Subject: New! 2013 Outpatient Dialysis Center Practices Survey (Sent 12/27/2012)[PDF - 62 KB]
• Subject: January 2013 NHSN Patient Safety Component Updates (Sent 12/21/2012) [PDF - 62 KB]
• Subject: Training Materials from October 2-4 Training Course Now Available (Sent 12/11/2012) [PDF - 62 KB]

October 2012

• Subject: It's October and officially time to start reporting within the Dialysis Event Module! [PDF - 77 KB]
• Subject: Dialysis Enrollment Process Review (Sent: October 2, 2012) [PDF - 57 KB]

September 2012

• Subject: NHSN v 7.0 Release Notes [PDF - 32 KB]

May 2012

• Subject: NHSN Dialysis Event Update (Sent: May 8, 2012)[PDF - 186 KB]

April 2012

• Subject: Changes to Surveillance for Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) (Sent: April 5, 2012)[PDF - 33KB]
• Subject: Information about Coding of Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Procedures [PDF - 29 KB], Attached document [PDF - 264 KB] (Sent: April 2012)
• Subject: NHSN Version 6.6.1 Now Available! [PDF - 28 KB] - Release Notes Ver 6.6.1 [PDF - 3.18 KB] (Sent: April 30, 2012)

February 2012

• Subject: NHSN Version 6.6 Now Available! (Sent: February 6, 2012) [PDF - 30KB]
  Attached document - NHSN v 6.6 Release Notes and Application Changes [PDF - 221 KB]

January 2012

• Subject: NHSN Updates, Including Guidance for CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI Reporting for CMS (Sent: January 3, 2012) [PDF - 37 KB]

October 2011

• Subject: NHSN Version 6.5 Release (Sent: October 24, 2010) [PDF - 5 KB]
• Subject: ICD-9-CM code updates Oct. 2011 [PDF - 5 KB]

September 2011

• Subject: Healthcare Facility Reporting via NHSN to Comply with CMS Rules [PDF - 150 KB] Sent: September 27, 2011
• Subject: Recent Updates to SSI and CAUTI chapters of the NHSN Manual and also upcoming changes to the Denominator for Procedure and SSI forms [PDF - 81 KB] Sent: August 19, 2011

July 2011

• Subject: NHSN version 6.4.2 and a Reminder of Helpful Information Online [PDF - 588 KB]
  Sent: July 25, 2011
• Subject: IMPORTANT: Compliance with NHSN Reporting Requirements [PDF - 115 KB]
  Sent: July 14, 2011

June 2011

• Subject: NHSN Version 6.4 Now Available! Sent Monday, June 6, 2011. [PDF - 602 KB]

February 2011

• Subject: Discontinuation of Requirements for Matching Antibiograms for Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection (LCBI) Criterion 2 and 3 and for Secondary Bloodstream Infection [PDF - 58KB]
  Sent: February 18, 2011.
• Subject: Reconsenting Facilities; CLIP form; Table 1 of SSI Chapter [PDF - 37KB]
  Sent: February 2, 2011.

December 2010

• Subject: Determining Patient Days for Summary Data Collection: Observation vs. Inpatients [PDF - 45KB]
  Sent: December 22, 2010.

June 2010

• Subject: NHSN June 2010 Patch [PDF - 24KB]
  Attachment: MDRO Updates [PDF - 58KB]
  Sent: June 10, 2010.

February 2010

• Subject: New Version of NHSN [PDF - 39KB]
  Sent: February 10, 2010.

December 2009

• Subject: Change to Specimen Source Codes [PDF - 342KB]
  Sent: December 2, 2009.

October 2009

• Subject: NHSN 6.0 Now Available! [PDF - 16KB]
  Sent: October 21, 2009.

September 2009

• Subject: Now Available: NHSN Healthcare Personnel Safety Component! [PDF - 15KB]
  Sent: September 2, 2009.

May 2009

• Subject: NHSN 4.0 Now Available! [PDF - 16KB]
  Sent: May 7, 2009.

April 2009

• Subject: Reporting for “ALL” Locations in MDRO/CDAD Module [PDF - 20KB]
  Sent: April 27, 2009.
• Subject: Introducing the NEW NHSN Website! [PDF - 16KB]
  Sent: April 08, 2009.
• Subject: Entering MDRO OTH infections; Clarification of ABUTI criteria [PDF - 91KB]
  Sent: April 07, 2009.

March 2009

• Subject: Additional DA/PA/MDRO Reporting Guidance [PDF - 56KB]
  Sent: March 25, 2009.

Feb 2009

• Subject: JAMA Publication: MRSA CLABSIs in US Intensive Care Units, 1997-2007 [PDF - 20KB]
  Sent: Feb 18, 2009.

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