Tracking Infections in Acute Care Hospitals/Facilities

NHSN is the HAI surveillance gold standard. The system (and its predecessors) started years ago helping a few hundred healthcare facilities; today, more than 17,000 healthcare facilities use NHSN as the cornerstone of their HAI elimination strategies. Specifically, facilities use NHSN to:

Access NHSN enrollment requirements for CMS Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program,
Obtain baseline HAI rates,
Compare rates to CDC’s national data,
Participate in state or national HAI prevention collaboratives,
Devise and implement HAI elimination strategies,
Evaluate immediate and long-term results of elimination efforts,
Refocus efforts as needed, or advance to different areas.

COVID-19 Module

Information and resources for reporting into the NHSN COVID-19 Module

BSI - Surveillance for Bloodstream Infections

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) and non-central line-associated Bloodstream Infection

Training
Protocols
Forms
Support Materials
Analysis Resources
FAQs

AUR - Surveillance for Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Options

Training
Protocols
Forms
Support Materials
Analysis Resources
FAQs

UTI - Surveillance for Urinary Tract Infections

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) and non-catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Other Urinary System Infection (USI)