Patient Safety Component Training
Training Resources
Overview of the Patient Safety Component
- New! General NHSN Definitions for 2017 – March 2017
- New! Determining Healthcare Association or Present on Admission Infections and Other Rules – July 2017
Data Entry and Analysis
Obtaining Continuing Education for NHSN Training
Device-associated Module
Introduction to Device-associated Module
- Introduction to Device-associated Module Training [CBT – 60 min]
- Hot Topics – Device-associated Denominator Sampling for January 2015 [Video – 7 min]
Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
- Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Training [CBT – 60 min]
- New! CLABSI Definition with Case Studies – March 2017
- New! Secondary BSI and NHSN Site-Specific Infection Definitions – March 2017
- Hot Topics – BSI Definition Changes for January 2015 [Video – 14 min]
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
- CAUTI Training [CBT – 60 min]
- New! CAUTI Definition and Case studies – March 2017
- Common CAUTI Questions April 2016 [Video – 10 min]
- Hot Topics – CAUTI: Definition Changes for January 2015 [Video – 12 min]
Central Line Insertion Practices (CLIP)
Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE)
- New! Ventilator Associated Events – March 2017
- New! Ventilator Associated Events (cont’d.) – March 2017
- Hot Topics – VAE, VAP and PNEU Definition Changes for January 2015 [Video – 11 min]
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Procedure-associated Module
Introduction to Procedure-associated Module
Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Training [CBT – 60 min]
- New! SSI Surveillance and Case Studies – March 2017
- New! SSI Surveillance with Case Studies (cont’d.) – March 2017
- ICD-10 PCS and CPT Transition – January 2016 [Video – 8 min]
- New! Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Event form for PATOS – June 2017
Multidrug-resistant Organism and Clostridium difficile Infection (MDRO/CDI) Module
MDRO, C.difficile Infection Surveillance and LabID Event Reporting
- New! MRSA Bacteremia and CDI LabID Event Reporting – March 2017
- Reporting MRSA & CDI LabID Data for IRFs Located within Affiliated Acute Care Hospitals January 2016 [Video – 11 min]
Prevention Process and Active Surveillance Testing Outcome Measures
Vaccination Module
- Page last reviewed: April 5, 2017
- Page last updated: August 4, 2017
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