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]
• 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]
• 57.103 Patient Safety Component—Annual Facility Survey form January 2017[PDF – 92K]
  • Table of Instructions for Patient Safety Component – Annual Hospital Survey 57.103[PDF – 412K]
• 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.

• 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]
• 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]

• Patient Safety Analysis Resources
• Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides
• Patient Safety Component – Variable Reference List[PDF – 3M]