Major articleNational Healthcare Safety Network report, data summary for 2013, Device-associated Module
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Data collection methods
For reporting to the DA Module, health care facility personnel responsible for infection prevention and patient safety may choose, with consideration of state mandates, federal quality measurement reporting programs, and prevention initiatives, to collect data on central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), ventilator-associated pneumonias in pediatric patients (pedVAPs), or urinary catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) that occur in patients staying in a patient
Results
In 2013, 4,567 enrolled facilities reported at least 1 month of DA denominator data for some patient cohorts under surveillance. These 4,567 facilities were located in 53 states, territories, and the District of Columbia and were predominantly identified as general acute care hospitals (Table 1); 28% of all facilities that reported data were smaller organizations of ≤50 beds (Table 2). Among LTACHs, 61% were categorized as physically freestanding from a hospital setting. Where data volume was
Discussion
This report summarizes the HAI data reported to the DA Module of the NHSN during 2013. Compared with the health care facility types for which HAI data were summarized in the last published report, there is a slight increase in the number of CAHs reporting to the NHSN such that CAHs now represent nearly 9% of all hospitals contributing data to this report.1 Overall, participation in the DA Module by all facility types increased by 2.3% from the last report.1 This is a small increase compared
Acknowledgments
The authors are indebted to the NHSN participants for their ongoing efforts to monitor infections and improve patient safety. We also gratefully acknowledge our colleagues in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion who tirelessly support this unique public health network, including our colleagues in the NHSN Development Team, NHSN Methods and Analytics Team, NHSN Protocol and Training Team, NHSN Statistics Team, and NHSN User Support Team.
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Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions of the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.