Surveillance for for Urinary Tract Infections

• CAUTI Training [CBT – 60 min]
• New! CAUTI Definition and Case studies – March 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 78 min]
  • Slideset [PDF – 4 MB]
• 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
• Common CAUTI Questions April 2016 [Video – 10 min]
  • YouTube Link – Common CAUTI Questions
  • CDC Streaming Video – Common CAUTI Questions

Additional Training

• Introduction to Device-associated Module Training [CBT – 60 min]
• 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! NHSN Analysis: Focus on Device-associated Data SIR for CLABSI, CAUTI, and VAE – March 2017
  • YouTube Link [Video – 57 min]
  • Slideset [PDF – 2 MB]
• Device-associated Denominator Sampling for January 2015 [Video – 7 min]
  • YouTube Link
  • CDC Streaming Video
• Data Entry and Analysis Training

Continuing Education

• Obtaining Continuing Education for NHSN Training Events

• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Event, January 2017 [PDF – 468K]
• 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: Urinary Tract Infection (Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [CAUTI] and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [UTI]) and Other Urinary System Infection [USI]) Events April 2017 [PDF – 332K]
• 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]

• 57.114 Urinary Tract infection (UTI) form January 2017 [PDF – 108K]
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 40K]
  • Table of Instructions for UTI form 57.114 [PDF – 197K]
• 57.118 Denominators for Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/Other locations (not NICU or SCA) form January 2017 [PDF – 40K]
  • Customizable form [DOCX – 29K]  
  • Table of Instructions for Denominators for ICU form 57.118 [PDF – 191K]
• 57.150 Patient Safety Component—Annual Facility Survey for LTAC January 2017 [PDF – 95K]
  • Table of instructions for Patient Safety Annual Facility Survey for LTAC 57.150 [PDF – 197K]
• 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.

• 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 Long-term Acute Care Hospitals to Report Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Data to CDC’s NHSN for the Purpose of Fulfilling CMS’s Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Requirements November 2014 [PDF – 95K]
•   How to Report No CLABSI Events for the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting Program May 2015 [PDF – 624K]
• Monthly Checklist for the CMS Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program (April 2016) [PDF – 199K]
• Simplified Guidance for Using the “SIR – CAUTI Data for CMS LTCH PPS” Output Option January 2015 [PDF – 144K]
• Detailed Guidance for Using the “SIR – CAUTI Data for CMS LTCH PPS” Output Option January 2015 [PDF – 292K]
• Simplified Guidance for Using the “Rate Table – CAUTI Data for CMS LTCH PPS” Output Option [PDF – 349K]
• Detailed Guidance for Using the “Rate Table – CAUTI Data for CMS LTCH PPS” Output Option [PDF – 208K]
• 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]
• Guidance for Missing Device-associated Denominator Data [PDF – 145K]

• Healthcare–associated Infection (HAI) and Present on Admission Infection (POA) Worksheet Generator (must have JavaScript enabled)
• Worksheet for Determining Date of Event, Infection Window Period, Repeat Infection Timeframe, and Secondary BSI Attribution Period 2017 [XLSX – 18K]
• Example Worksheet for Determining Date of Event, Infection Window Period, Repeat Infection Timeframe, and Secondary BSI Attribution Period 2017 [XLSX – 21K]

• How to see Create & Modify Dates – LTAC CLABSI, CAUTI & LabID. May 2015 [PDF – 406K]
• Patient Safety Analysis Resources
• Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides
• Patient Safety Component – Variable Reference List [PDF – 3M]
• Troubleshooting CLABSI and CAUTI SIR [PDF – 432K]