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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report; data summary for 2011, device-associated module
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April 1, 2013
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Description:This report is a summary of Device-associated (DA) Module data collected by hospitals participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for events occurring from January through December 2011 and reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by August 1, 2012. This report updates previously published DA Module data from NHSN and provides contemporary comparative rates. This report complements other NHSN reports, including national and state-specific reports of standardized infection ratios (SIRs) for select healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
NHSN data collection, reporting, and analysis are organized into three components: Patient Safety, Healthcare Personnel Safety, and Biovigilance, and use standardized methods and definitions in accordance with specific module protocols. Institutions may use modules singly or simultaneously, but once selected, they must be used for a minimum of one calendar month for the data to be included in CDC analyses. All infections are categorized using standard CDC definitions that include laboratory and clinical criteria. The DA Module may be used by facilities other than hospitals, including outpatient dialysis centers. A report of data from this module for outpatient dialysis centers was published separately.8 NHSN facilities contributing HAI surveillance data to this report did so voluntarily, in response to state mandatory reporting requirements or in compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program.
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