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  National Healthcare Safety Network

Record Type

DataSet

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Title Acronym

NHSN

Description

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a secure, internet-based surveillance system that integrates and expands legacy patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC. NHSN also includes a new component for hospitals to monitor adverse reactions and incidents associated with receipt of blood and blood products. Enrollment is open to all types of healthcare facilities in the United States, including acute care hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient dialysis centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and long term care facilities.

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Keywords

Bacterial Infections; Communicable Disease Control; Cross Infection; Population Surveillance; Sentinel Surveillance

Record Originator

InfoPac

UI

2225

Date Revised

July 21, 2017, 3:38 a.m.