2025 NHSN Training – Videos and Slides

Videos and slides from the 2025 NHSN virtual training

Presentations from the 2025 annual NHSN live training hosted virtually were recorded and are now posted on this page as archived videos. You can view presentations on how to identify, report, and analyze Ventilator-associated Events (VAE), Pediatric Ventilator-associated Events (PedVAE), Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), Secondary Bloodstream Infection (BSI) and Site-Specific Infections, SSI, MRSA Bacteremia and C. difficile LabID events, as well as presentations on validation of healthcare-associated infection data and data quality, reporting and analysis of antibiotic use and resistance data, the Biovigilance Component-module Hemovigilance, the Outpatient Procedure Component (OPC), Rebaseline, NHSN Geolocation, and information on the upcoming the NHSN Initiatives Digital Quality Measures and Hospital Bed Capacity Project.

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

New NHSN Initiatives

Healthcare Preparedness Component (HPC) and Daily Facility Operating Status (DFOS) Reporting

Nurse Staffing Hours

NHSN Hospital Respiratory Data (HRD): Analysis Reports and Data Quality Considerations

NHSN Connectivity Initiative: Hospital Bed Capacity Project

Geolocation Confirmation Update

Infectious Diseases of Public Health Concern Overview

Healthcare Billing Data

Patient Safety Structural Measure

NHSN Foundation

Cracking the Code: Your Guide to Chapter 2 NHSN Definitions for Reporting Success associated Infections

NHSN Navigating the NHSN Terminology Browser

Antimicrobial Use & Resistance (AUR)

NHSN Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module Reporting for the CMS Promoting Interoperability Program

Mastering the Basics: A Guide to Reporting Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Data to NHSN

Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Option: Beginner Analysis

NHSN Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Option: Facility-Wide Antibiogram Report

A Guide to the NHSN Antimicrobial Use (AU) Option Report and the Antimicrobial Resistance & Patient Safety Portal (AR PSP)

Bloodstream Infection (BSI)

Primary BSI: The Best is Yet to Come

BSI Case Study: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

CAUTI

Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance: From Definitions with Case Studies (Q & A)

LabID Event Reporting Module

Locking in on LabID Event Reporting

Pneumonia Events (PNEU)

Pneumonia Events with Case Studies

Surgical Site Infection (SSI)

Sailing through Surgical Site Infection Event (SSI) Surveillance with Case Studies

Ventilator Associated Events

Ventilator-associated Event (VAE)

Ventilator-associated Event (VAE) with Case Studies

Analysis

NHSN Adjusted Ranking Metrick (ARM) Dashboard

NHSN Digital Quality Measures Analysis

2025 Annual Training Baseline Models and SIR Reports CAUTI

2025 Annual Training Baseline Models and SIR Reports CDI LabID

Biovigilance Component – Hemovigilance Module

Transfusion Transmitted Infections

Outpatient Procedure Component (OPC)

Outpatient Procedure Component: Knee Prosthesis (KPRO) Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Criteria Overview & Analysis Options