Slides & Corresponding Materials:

Overview of the Patient Safety Component, Device-associated module (CLABSI, VAP, CAUTI)

The following NHSN slidesets and corresponding materials have been created as training aids to assist all NHSN users who want to quickly and efficiently become familiar with a general overview of NHSN and the Device-associate module (CLABSI, VAP, CAUTI). The slidesets are available for an individualized training regimen.

Summary

Overview of the Patient Safety Component: By completing this lesson, you should be able to describe NHSN and its purposes, define the authority and confidentiality protections for NHSN, identify the requirements for participating in the Patient Safety Component, describe the NHSN surveillance methodology, list the modules of the Patient Safety Component, explain key terms used in the Patient Safety Component and describe the Monthly Reporting Plan.

Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI): By completing this lesson, you should be able to describe the scope of the problem of CLABSI, review the structure of the Device-associated Module in NHSN and the surveillance methodology used for data collection, define key terms and protocol used for collecting CLABSIs and their corresponding denominator data, describe how to collect CLABSI data using the BSI form, and describe how CLABSI rates and device utilization ratios are calculated and reported to promote performance improvement.

Ventilator-associated Pneumonia(VAP): By completing this lesson, you should be able to outline the structure, methodology and purpose of the Device-associated Module of NHSN, describe the protocols and definitions used in the VAP option within the Device-associated Module.

Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections By completing this lesson, you should be able to describe the protocols and definitions used in the CAUTI option within the Device-associated Module

Required: for all NHSN users including Facility Administrators and Group Administrators before enrolling in or using the system. Additional training requirements differ depending on the role of the NHSN user.

Audience: This training is designed for those who will collect and analyze Patient Safety Component data or enroll a hospital into NHSN. This includes: NHSN Facility Administrator, Patient Safety Primary Contact, Infection Control Professional (ICP), Epidemiologist, Microbiologist, Pharmacist, and Data entry staff

Corresponding Slidesets:

• Overview of the Patient Safety Component [PDF - 464 KB]
  November 2010.
• CLABSI Protocols [PDF - 16.1 MB]
  April 2010.
• VAP Protocols [PDF - 5 MB]
  April 2010.
• CAUTI Protocols [PDF - 5.8 MB]
  April 2010.

Corresponding Materials:

• User Start-up Guide [PDF - 433 KB] October 2011
  A step-by-step start-up guide for NHSN Users who are not Facility Administrators or Group Administrators.
• NHSN Rules of Behavior for Facility/Group Administrators [PDF - 130 KB]
  August 2005.
• NHSN Facility Administrator Enrollment Guide [PDF - 496 KB] October 2011.
• NHSN Rules of Behavior for Users [PDF - 103 KB]
  Aug 2005.
• NHSN Manual: Patient Safety Component Protocols Guidelines and procedures monitored in the Patient Safety Component includes instructions for completing data collection forms.
• 57.106 Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan [PDF - 196 KB] June 2011
• 57.108 Primary Bloodstream Infection (BSI) [PDF - 83 KB] June 2011
• 57.116 Denominators for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) [PDF - 217 KB]
• 57.117 Denominators for Specialty Care Area (SCA) [PDF - 95 KB]
• 57.118 Denominators for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Other Locations [PDF - 85 KB]
  (not NICU or SCA)
• 57.114 Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) [PDF - 90 KB]
• 57.111 Pneumonia (PNEU) [PDF - 193 KB]