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Getting Started in NHSN
NHSN Facility Enrollment Steps

NHSN New User Enrollment Steps
Getting Started in NHSN PowerPoint Presentation
Monthly Reporting Plan
FDOH NHSN User Group Data Use Agreement

NHSN Surveillance and Case Definitions
CAUTI Case Definition Webinar
(slides only)
CDC's Video Data Entry, Import and Customization (CAUTI data entry begins at 48:00)
View CDC's C. difficile Infection Surveillance and C. difficile LabID Event Reporting video (33:52) or the slideset
Getting it Right! Learning How to Use the NHSN Surveillance Definitions
(presentation by Teresa Horan from the Centers of Disease Control)
***REMINDER*** This presentation was created prior to the change in the Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection (LCBI) case definitions in early 2011. Matching antibiograms are no longer required for organisms to be considered the same organism for LCBI Criterion 2 and 3 and for Secondary BSI.
CLABSI Reporting Through NHSH: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices (presentation by Katherine Allen-Bridson from the Centers of Disease Control)

Additional Quick Reference Tools and Training
NHSN Workflow Overview

NHSN Analysis Basics
Data Analysis and Reporting Templates Webinar
(December 1, 2010)
The Standardized Infection Ratio - What It Is and Why You Care

NHSN Monthly Webinars
January - A Reintroduction to NHSN
(slides only)
February - CLABSI Case Definition and Entering CLABSI Events (slides only)
March - CLABSI Case Studies and FAQs (slides only)
April - Basic Analysis Functions in NHSN: Part One and Part Two (slides only)
May - NHSN: Common Errors and Other Modules (slides only)
June - The Standardized Infection Ratio (slides only)
July - Analysis: Round 2 (slides only)
August - Data Collection for NHSN Reporting and Collecting and Using Denominator Data for Device-associated Infections
October - Conducting Central Line Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Data Checks in NHSN

Importing Data into NHSN
Take a survey regarding Electronic Data Reporting to the NHSN

FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: Initial Setup
FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: Bloodstream Events
FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: UTI Events

FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: Summary Denominator Data
FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: Procedure Denominator Data
FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: LabID Events
FDOH Guide to Importing Data into NHSN: SSI Events

 

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 To participant in a webinar, email us at HAI_Program@doh.state.fl.us for the web link and call in information.

 

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