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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report, data summary for 2012, 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 reporting programs, and prevention initiatives, to collect data on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP), or urinary catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) that occur in patients staying in a patient care location such as a critical or intensive care

Results

In 2012, 4,444 enrolled facilities reported at least one month of DA denominator data for some patient cohorts under surveillance. These 4,444 facilities were located in 53 states, territories, and the District of Columbia and were predominantly general acute care hospitals (Table 1); 27% of all facilities that reported data were smaller organizations of 50 beds or less, comprised mostly of acute care hospitals that were not identified as critical access. Among LTACHs and IRFs, 59% and 86%,

Discussion

This report summarizes the HAI data reported to the DA module of NHSN during 2012. Compared to the health care facility types for which HAI data were summarized in the last published report, in this report there is a slight increase in smaller hospitals, IRFs, and LTACHs.1 Based on the number of facilities reporting, overall contribution from all facility types to the device-associated module increased by 15% from the last report.1 This increase in reporting is largely attributable to health

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