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Are you Reporting C-Diff in NHSN?

Rule 90-590 Chapter 270, Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Quality Data Sets requires all nursing facilities to submit Clostridium difficile Lab ID Events for all facility-wide residents effective July 1, 2023.  You must report each Quarter including reporting of NO events.
 
The following is information on the steps you will need to take to submit C. diff surveillance data into NHSN for your facility, as well as the steps you need to take for NHSN to accept the information.
 
1.  VIDEOS:  The content in the links to the videos below was developed by the Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. for the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative, and review the steps you will need to take to submit C. diff surveillance data into NHSN for your facility, as well as the steps you need to take for NHSN to accept the information 
 
Note:  These videos are a few years old, so the Social Security question is not required and no longer available in the field you use to submit C. diff events.
 
 
2.  Long-Term Care Facility Component Manual:  Here is the link to the NHSN manual for long-term care facilities. There is useful information throughout the document, but the most helpful sections for C. diff reporting are below. They include instructions and paper forms that can show you the information you'll need to have before entering data into NHSN.
  • Section 5: Annual Survey
  • Section 6: Monthly Reporting Plan
  • Section 8: LabID event (for C. diff event reporting)
  • Section 10: Monthly Summary Data
 
3.  NHSN Facility AdministratorDo you need to add a new administrator in NHSN because the previous administrator no longer works at your facility?   If yes, simply send a request to NHSN asking them to re-assign an administrator using this link: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/facadmin/index.html
 
Staff contact: mcarland@mehca.org
 

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