Patient Safety Component -- Healthcare Personnel Safety Component -- Dialysis Component -- Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) Component -- Biovigilance Component -- General NHSN Information.

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a voluntary, secure, Internet-based surveillance system that integrates patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC.

Inside this issue - Update on the 2014 CMS quality reporting rules, reminders about completing annual surveys, information on 2014 protocol changes, guidance on changing location descriptions in NHSN, and more.

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection