National Healthcare Safety Network
Title URL
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title Acronym
NHSN
Source URL
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.
