National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

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CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network is the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system. NHSN provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas, measure progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately eliminate healthcare-associated infections.

In addition, NHSN allows healthcare facilities to track blood safety errors and important healthcare process measures such as healthcare personnel influenza vaccine status and infection control adherence rates.

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Long-term Care Facilities
Includes Nursing Homes, Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living Facilities
About NHSN
CDC's NHSN is the largest HAI reporting system in the U.S.
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Data & Reports
See national and state reports using NHSN data.
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Guidelines & Recommendations
Review CDC HAI prevention guidelines.
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NHSN Member Login
Access NHSN Application
Login and Password
New to NHSN? Enroll Facility Here
For first time facility enrollment.
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Reporting & Surveillance for Enrolled Facilities
Training, protocols, forms, support materials, analysis resources and FAQs.
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Group Users
View resources for group users.
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CDA Submission Support Portal (CSSP)
Toolkits, FAQs, webinars and resources for testing and validation for CDA implementers.
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Additional Resources
CMS-NHSN requirements click here for more information

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Training

Newsletters

Newsletters / Members Meeting Updates

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E-mail Updates

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State-based HAI Prevention Activities

Page last reviewed: September 23, 2020
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) , Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)