• Purposes, Eligibility, Requirements and Confidentiality NHSN's purpose and participation criteria. April 2006 PDF (46 KB / 2 pages)
• NHSN Facility Administrator Enrollment Guide June 2009. PDF (1.16 MB / 30 pages) A step-by-step start-up guide for enrolling a facility in NHSN
• NHSN Group Administrator Guide June 2009 PDF (1.32 MB / 26 pages) A step-by-step start-up guide for forming a group in NHSN
• NHSN Rules of Behavior for Facility/Group Administrators Aug 2005 PDF (130KB / 13pages)
• User Start-up Guide June 2009 PDF (1.24MB / 24 pages)
  A step-by-step start-up guide for NHSN Users who are not Facility Administrators or Group Administrators
• Rules of Behavior for Users
  Aug 2005 PDF (103 KB / 12 pages)

• NHSN Operative Procedure Categories
  Reference list includes NHSN operative procedures, ICD-9-CM codes. Jan. 2009 PDF (83 KB / 4 pages)
• ICD-9-CM codes
  Includes mapping to NHSN operative procedures codes. January 2009 PDF (9.54 MB / 20 pages)
• CDC Location Labels and Location Descriptions
  List of CDC location labels and location descriptions. PDF (268 KB / 15 pages)
• NHSN Variable List
  Reference list of NHSN variable names and labels used in analysis. PDF (285 KB / 29 pages)

• Download the NHSN Manual: Patient Safety Protocol by section:

• Importing Patient Safety Procedure Data
  NHSN allows the importation of operative procedures. This document provides the required file specifications needed in order to successfully import these data. Oct. 2008 PDF (139 KB / 8 pages)
• Overview of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance through the NHSN
  Summary of the main MRSA-related metrics that can be produced by facility data reported to the NHSN through its Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD) Module and its Device-Associated Module that may be useful in this context. PDF (97 KB / 3 pages)

• Healthcare Personnel Safety Component Protocol Guidelines and procedures monitored in the Healthcare Personnel Safety Component includes instructions for completing data collection forms. PDF (351 KB/ 53 pages)

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Biovigilance Component

• NHSN Manual: Hemovigilance Module PDF (523 KB / 32 pages)
  Guidelines and procedures for monitoring hemovigilance. March 2009.
• Hemovigilance Module Tables of Instructions PDF (279 KB / 19 pages)
  Feb. 2009

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HIPAA

• HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health
  The new regulations provide protection for the privacy of certain individually identifiable health data, referred to as protected health information (PHI). MMWR April 11, 2003 / 52;1-12
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule
  Summary: The Privacy Rule expressly permits PHI to be shared for public health purposes without individual authorization PDF (87 KB/ 12 pages)

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