ABSTRACT
This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) health care...associated infection surveillance definitions. This specific case study focuses on the application of the common surveillance concepts included in Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting (Chapter 12 of the NHSN Patient Safety Manual..÷Multidrug-Resistant Organism & Clostridioides difficile Infection Module) used with validation efforts. The intent of the case study series is to foster standardized application of the NHSN surveillance definitions and encourage accurate event determination among infection preventionists.
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Cross Infection , Data Accuracy , Humans , United States , Cross Infection/prevention & control , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Infection Control , Health Facilities , Patient SafetyABSTRACT
This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance definitions. This specific case study focuses on the application of common surveillance concepts included in the Patient Safety Component, Chapter 9 - Surgical Site Infection Event (SSI). The intent of the case study series is to foster standardized application of the NHSN HAI surveillance definitions and encourage accurate HAI event determination among Infection Preventionists (IPs).
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Cross Infection , Surgical Wound Infection , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/prevention & control , Data Accuracy , Delivery of Health Care , Humans , Infection Control , Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology , Surgical Wound Infection/prevention & control , United StatesABSTRACT
This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance definitions. This specific case study focuses on the application of three of the surveillance concepts included in the Patient Safety Component, Chapter 2 - Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance. The intent of the case study series is to foster standardized application of the NHSN HAI surveillance definitions and encourage accurate HAI event determination among Infection Preventionists (IPs).
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Cross Infection , Data Accuracy , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/prevention & control , Delivery of Health Care , Humans , Infection Control , United StatesABSTRACT
This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) health care-associated infection (HAI) surveillance definitions. This specific case study focuses on the definitions and protocols used to make HAI infection determinations, such as the infection window period and secondary bloodstream infection attribution period. The case reflects the real-life and complex patient scenarios that infection preventionists (IPs) face when identifying and reporting HAIs to NHSN. The intent of the case study series is to foster standardized application of the NHSN HAI surveillance definitions among IPs and encourage accurate determination of HAI events. An online survey link is provided where participants may confidentially answer questions related to the case study and receive immediate feedback in the form of correct answers and explanations and rationales. Details of the case study, answers, and explanations have been reviewed and approved by NHSN staff. We hope that participants take advantage of this educational offering and thereby gain a greater understanding of NHSN HAI surveillance definitions.
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Catheter-Related Infections/diagnosis , Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis , Cross Infection/diagnosis , Cystic Fibrosis/complications , Infection Control , Pneumonia/diagnosis , Adolescent , Catheter-Related Infections/microbiology , Catheter-Related Infections/prevention & control , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology , Community-Acquired Infections/prevention & control , Cross Infection/microbiology , Cross Infection/prevention & control , Data Accuracy , Education, Medical, Continuing , Humans , Male , Pneumonia/etiology , Pneumonia/microbiology , Quality of Health Care , United StatesABSTRACT
This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network's (NHSN) health care-associated infection (HAI) surveillance definitions. The intent of the case study series is to foster standardized application of the NHSN's HAI surveillance definitions among infection preventionists and accurate determination of HAI events. This specific case study focuses on the definitions found within the surgical site infection (SSI) protocol. It aims to reflect the real life and complex patient scenario surrounding a bloodstream infection that is secondary to an SSI and the application of the Present at the Time of Surgery event detail. An online survey link is provided where participants may confidentially answer questions related to the case study and receive immediate feedback in the form of correct answers and explanations and rationales. Details of the case study, answers, and explanations have been reviewed and approved by NHSN staff. We hope that participants take advantage of this educational offering and thereby gain a greater understanding of the NHSN's HAI surveillance definitions.
