First State-Specific Healthcare-Associated Infections Summary Data Report, January-June, 2009. CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

摘要

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a public health surveillance system that the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) maintains and supports as a mainstay of its healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance and prevention program. NHSN is used by healthcare facilities in all 50 states; Washington, D.C.; and Puerto Rico. Participation in NHSN is a state-mandated requirement for healthcare facilities in an increasing number of states. As of December 2009, 21 states had plans to require, or already required, use of NHSN for their reporting mandate. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are one of the HAI types for which reporting is most frequently mandated by states that are using NHSN as their operational system for mandatory reporting. Related to these mandates as well as to the increased visibility of HAIs among facilities and healthcare organizations, the number of facilities utilizing NHSN for reporting HAI data has doubled in the past 2 years.