CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network is the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system. NHSN provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed …

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What is NHSN? The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system.

NHSN is the nation's most widely used healthcare-associated infection (HAI) tracking system. It provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas, measure …

NHSN provides facilities, states, regions, and the nation with data needed to identify problem areas, measure progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately eliminate healthcare-associated infections.

Surveillance reports published by CDC using data from NHSN. Reports include summaries of healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial use and resistance, healthcare personnel influenza …

Prepare participants to use the NHSN reporting application accurately and efficiently. Enhance participants’ and their partners’ understanding of data quality and the value of adverse event monitoring.

NHSN includes the following components: Patient Safety, Long-term Care Facility, Outpatient Dialysis, Healthcare Personnel Safety, Biovigilance, Outpatient Procedure, and Neonatal (Figure 1).

Calculators & Worksheets HAI Checklists CMS Requirements NHSN Newsletters Email Updates Last Reviewed: July 15, 2025 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for …

When a healthcare facility enrolls in NHSN, CDC will assign an NHSN facility ID number to the facility and invite the Facility Administrator to register with SAMS for completing NHSN enrollment.