National Healthcare Safety Network NHSN

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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

• Training Session
• for NNIS Hospitals
• December 9, 2004

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Agenda

• Issues from previous training session
• Enrolling your hospital recap
• Deployment phases
• Training, support, and timeline
• NHSN Protocols
• Navigation Bar
• Plan
• Data Entry Device-Associated Events
• Patient, Event, Summary
• Printing completed records
• Q A

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Announcements

• FAQ document can be found on the NHSN website
• http//www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/nhsn/members/members
  .htm

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• The Enrollment Application has not yet been
  deployed. We will notify you as soon as it is
  ready to be used.
• Do not apply for your digital certificate yet!
• Every NNIS Member who wishes to join NHSN must
  enroll using the process weve described. It is
  not automatic.
• Please have only NNIS Primary Contact
  communicate with us.
• The December 14 training session is for current
  DSN members only.

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Very Important

• Make certain that your Information Systems will
  allow bulk email from CDC. It is our only way to
  communicate with you!

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Enrollment -- Recap

• Download and print Facility Contact Information
  and Hospital Survey from NHSN website. Complete
  both forms by hand.
• When Enrollment site is available (we will notify
  you), enter the information from both forms and
  submit it. Close the browser.
• The person you listed as the contact for
  enrollment will be sent an email

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From NHSN Subject NHSN Facility Enrollment
Submitted A new facility has been submitted for
enrollment. Facility Name
Your hospital Tracking
Number Relevant
Email Addresses Facility
Administrator person1_at_address.xxx
Patient Safety Contact person2_at_address.xxx
Healthcare Worker Safety Contact
Agreement Recipient's Email person1_at_address.xxx
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• In the same email, you will receive a url to
  download and print an Agreement to Participate.
  Complete this form, get it signed by the
  appropriate administrators, keep a copy and send
  the original through the mail to CDC (see Contact
  Information on the NHSN website)
• Once the signed Agreement to Participate has been
  received by CDC, we will activate your NHSN
  account and send you another email with
  instructions to obtain your digital certificate

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• Subject Welcome NHSN Facility Administrator
• Welcome to NHSN! You have been added as a
  Facility Administrator for the following facility
  or group
• Facility or Group Name
  xxxxx
• In order to access NHSN, you will need to obtain
  and install a digital certificate onto the
  computer you plan to use for connecting to the
  NHSN.

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• After the NHSN Facility Administrator has
  downloaded the digital certificate onto her/his
  computer, she/he can log into NHSN.

Step-by-step instructions for enrollment are now
available on the NHSN website, with screen shots
and specific directions for each step.
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NHSN v.1Deployment Phases

• Enrollment and Manage User (Dec 2004)
• Facility Set Up
• Set up location and surgeon codes custom fields
• Patient Safety Events and Denominator Data Entry
  (Jan 2005)
• Analysis Functionality (Feb 2005)

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Training

• Net conferences that can be viewed live and will
  be archived on NHSN members website
• Scheduled topics
• Protocols Data entry Device-associated events
  denoms Navigation bar Plan
• Set up Data entry Procedure-associated events
  denoms AUR Plan
• Online help Print Groups Legacy data
• Export Data analysis (multiple sessions)

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NHSN Timeline

• Nov 2004-Feb 2005 Train and enroll current NNIS,
  NaSH, DSN members
• Jan 2005 Begin entering data into NHSN
• By Jan 31, 2005 Complete entry/transmission of
  2004 NNIS data into IDEAS
• March 2005 Train and enroll sister facilities
• Summer 2005 Train and enroll others

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NHSN Protocols

• General Differences between NNIS and NHSN

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Surveillance Plan
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Forms
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Definitions/Protocols
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CDCs National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance
(NNIS) System
NNIS System
Surgical Patient
AUR
HRN
ICU
Antimicrobial Use and Resistance
Intensive Care Unit (Adult/Pediatric)
High Risk Nursery (NICU)
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Population
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Numerator
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Denominator
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Microbiology
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NHSN Protocols

• Device-Associated Module
• Dialysis Incident

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Dialysis Protocols
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Questions?
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Support

• Online help messages within NHSN
• Email nhsn_at_cdc.gov
• Phone support
• 800-893-0485 or 404-498-1250
• Members website
• www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/nhsn/members/members.htm

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Thank You!
A few of the CDC NHSN staff
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Questions?