Please remember that August 15 is the deadline for National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) reporting for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quality reporting programs in the following care settings:
Acute care hospitals – 2018 Quarter 1 data for:
•CLABSI – ICU, NICU, adult and pediatric medical, surgical, and medical/surgical wards
•CAUTI – ICU, adult and pediatric medical, surgical, and medical/surgical wards
•SSI – Inpatient colon surgery and abdominal hysterectomy
•MRSA Bacteremia LabID events – facility-wide inpatient healthcare onset and community onset, emergency department and 24-hour observation locations
•C. difficile LabID events – facility-wide inpatient healthcare onset and community onset, emergency department and 24-hour observation locations
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (including both free-standing hospitals and IRFs located within affiliated acute care/critical access hospitals) – 2018 Quarter 1 data for:
•CAUTI – all bedded inpatient locations
•MRSA Bacteremia LabID events – all healthcare onset and community onset
•C. difficile LabID events — all healthcare onset and community onset
Long-term acute care facilities – 2018 Quarter 1 data for:
•CLABSI – all bedded inpatient locations
•CAUTI – all bedded inpatient locations
•MRSA Bacteremia LabID Events – facility-wide inpatient healthcare onset and community onset
•C. difficile LabID events — facility-wide inpatient healthcare onset and community onset
•Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE) – all bedded inpatient locations
PPS-exempt cancer hospitals – 2018 Quarter 1 data for:
•CLABSI – all bedded inpatient care locations
•CAUTI – all bedded inpatient care locations
•SSI – inpatient colon surgery and abdominal hysterectomy
•MRSA Bacteremia LabID events – all healthcare onset and community onset
•C. difficile LabID events — all healthcare onset and community onset
For questions related to NHSN reporting, please contact the NHSN helpdesk at NHSN@cdc.gov.