Surveillance for C. difficile, MRSA, and other Drug-resistant Infections

• New! MRSA Bacteremia and CDI LabID Event Reporting – March 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 91 min]
  • Slideset [PDF – 6 MB]
• Reporting MRSA & CDI LabID Data for IRFs Located within Affiliated Acute Care Hospitals January 2016 [Video – 11 min]
  • YouTube Link – Reporting MRSA & CDI LabID Data for IRFs
  • CDC Streaming Video – Reporting MRSA & CDI LabID Data for IRFs
• Patient Safety Component (PSC) Annual Survey January 2016 [Video – 6 min]
  • YouTube link – Completing the 2015 Facility Survey
  • CDC Streaming Video – Completing the 2015 Facility Survey

Additional Training

• New! General NHSN Definitions for 2017 – March 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 54 min]
  • Slideset [PDF – 2M]
• New! Determining Healthcare Association or Present on Admission Infections and Other Rules – July 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 16 min]

Analysis Training

• New! Analyzing MRSA Bacteremia and CDI LabID Event Data – March 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 57 min]
  • Slideset [PDF – 3 MB]
• Data Entry and Analysis Training

Continuing Education

• Obtaining Continuing Education for NHSN Training Events

• Multidrug-Resistant Organism & Clostridium difficile Infection (MDRO/CDI) Module Protocol, January 2017 [PDF – 973K]
• NHSN Overview January, 2017 [PDF – 74K]
• Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) in NHSN, January 2017 [PDF – 842K]
• Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan, January 2017 [PDF – 54K]

For full details on protocol definitions and the application of these definitions, please review the applicable protocol and Chapter 2, Identifying Healthcare-associated Infection (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance [PDF – 233 KB] in the NHSN Module.

• New! FAQs: Multidrug-Resistant Organism & Clostridium difficile Infection (MDRO and CDI) April 2017 [PDF – 471K]
• New! FAQs: Analysis April 2017 [PDF – 412K]
• FAQs: Annual Survey April 2016 [PDF – 250K]
• FAQs: CDA
• New! FAQs: Locations April 2017 [PDF – 254K]
• New! FAQs: Miscellaneous April 2017 [PDF – 265K]

• 57.128 Laboratory-identified MDRO or CDI Event January 2017 [PDF – 65K]
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 33K]
  • Table of Instructions for LabID MDRO-CDI form 57.128 [PDF – 69K]
• 57.126 MDRO or CDI Infection Event January 2017 [PDF – 100K]
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 52K]
  • Table of Instructions for MDRO or CDI Event form 57.126 [PDF – 74K]
• 57.127 MDRO and CDI Prevention Process and Outcome Measures Monthly Reporting January 2017 [PDF – 56K]
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 39K]
  • Table of Instructions for MDRO and CDI Prevention Process and Outcome Measures Monthly Monitoring form 57.127 [PDF – 139K]
• 57.151 Patient Safety Component—Annual Facility Survey for IRF January 2017 [PDF – 107K]
  • Table of instructions for Patient Safety Annual Facility Survey for IRF 57.151 [PDF – 315K]
• 57.106 Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan form January 2017 [PDF – 53K]  
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 31K]
  • Table of Instructions for Monthly Reporting Plan form 57.106 [PDF – 61K]
• 57.115 HAI Custom Event form January 2017 [PDF – 99K]
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 50K]
    **Not to be used for CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAE, pediatric VAP, or LabID events.**
    To be used in conjunction with CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections, January 2017 [PDF – 851K] NHSN Patient Safety Manual.

• MDRO & CDI LabID Event Calculator Version 2.0

  (must have javascript enabled)
  Operates based upon the currently posted LabID Event protocols in the NHSN MDRO & CDI Module.

• Healthcare Facility HAI Reporting Requirements to CMS via NHSN Current and Proposed Requirements September 2015 [PDF – 102K]
• Reporting Requirements and Deadlines in NHSN per CMS Current Rules September 2015 [PDF – 157K]
• Operational Guidance for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities to Report Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Laboratory-Identified (LabID) Event Data to CDC’s NHSN for the Purpose of Fulfilling CMS’s Quality Reporting Program Requirements January 2017 [PDF – 131K]
• Operational Guidance for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities to Report Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Blood Specimen (Bacteremia) Laboratory-Identified (LabID) Event Data to CDC’s NHSN for the Purpose of Fulfilling CMS’s Quality Reporting Requirements January 2017 [PDF – 134K]
• Changing a CCN within NHSN (updated July 2015) [PDF – 290K]

• NHSN Patient Safety Component Alerts [PDF – 1M]
• Unusual Susceptibility Profiles Alert January 2015 [PDF – 362K]
• CDC Location Labels and Location Descriptions, January 2017 [PDF – 808K]
• NHSN Key Terms, January 2017 [PDF – 255K]
• CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections, January 2017 [PDF – 851K]
• NHSN Organism List (All Organisms, Top Organisms, Common Commensals, MBI Organisms, and UTI Bacteria) January 2017 [XLSX – 296K]
• How to Add a CCN to an IRF Location in NHSN April 2015 [PDF – 419K]
• CDC Vital Signs: Making Healthcare Safer
• SHEA-IDSA Guideline Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by SHEA and IDSA [PDF – 549KB]

• How to see Create & Modify Dates – IRF CAUTI & LabID. May 2015 [PDF – 431K]
• Patient Safety Analysis Resources
• Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides
• Patient Safety Component – Variable Reference List [PDF – 3M]
• Troubleshooting MRSA and CDI LabID Event SIR [PDF – 218K]