Webcast & Slides:
C. difficile Infection Surveillance and C. difficile LabID Event Reporting Training
Summary
The first half of this session describes the rationale for monitoring C. difficile infection in NHSN and includes the protocol definitions and procedures used for C. difficile Infection Surveillance data collection and reporting.
To calculate proxy measures of C. difficile events, exposures, and healthcare acquisition, facilities may choose to monitor Laboratory-identified (LabID) Events. This surveillance method enables a facility to rely almost exclusively on data obtained from the laboratory. The second half of this session covers the protocol, definitions, and procedures used for monitoring LabID Events.
Audience: This training session is designed for those who will collect and analyze C difficile infection data in the MDRO and CDAD Module of NHSN. This may include: NHSN Facility Administrator, Patient Safety Primary Contact, Infection Preventionist, Epidemiologist, Microbiologist, Professional Nursing Staff, or Trained Support Staff.
Webcast:
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C.
difficile Infection Surveillance and C. difficile LabID Event Reporting
Video
[WMV 4.30MB]
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Corresponding Slidesets:
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C.
difficile Infection Surveillance and C. difficile LabID Event
Reporting Slideset [PDF - 1.2MB]
December 2008.
Corresponding Materials
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NHSN Manual:
Multidrug-resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridium difficile-Associated
Disease (CDAD) Module [PDF - 236KB]
December 2008. -
Tables of Instructions [PDF - 1.04 MB] June 2011
Instructions for completing forms. - 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
- 57.126 MDRO or CDAD Infection Event [PDF - 192KB]
- 57.127 MDRO and CDI Prevention Process and Outcome Measures Monthly Monitoring [PDF - 71 KB] June 2011
- 57.128 Laboratory Identified MDRO or CDI Event [PDF - 76KB] June 2011
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