CMS-10210 Proposed FY2016 Positive Blood Culture Template

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Overview

Definitions
Template
NHSN ICU Location

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Sheet 1: Definitions

In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) proposed rule , we proposed, for the FY 2016 payment determination and future years, some minor modifications to the Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) Validation Template required to be completed by hospitals selected for validation as part of the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. We are providing the proposed Validation Template to invite public comment. As proposed, each hospital selected for CLABSI validation is to produce a list of positive blood cultures for ICU patients, which is annotated to identify patients with central lines placed during the stay. • The line list should include all final results for positive blood cultures for patients in the ICU at the time the culture was drawn. For each patient confirm: 1) The patient had an ICU admission during this hospital stay; and 2) The patient had a positive blood culture drawn during the ICU stay. (The list should include all positive blood cultures for patients in the ICU at the time the culture was drawn) 3) Whether a central line was in place at any time during the hospital stay.
Proposed FY2016 - Positive Blood Culture Template (discharges beginning 4Q13)
FIELD	DESCRIPTION
NHSN Facility ID*	The NHSN-assigned facility ID under which your hospital submits NHSN data.	Hospital Information Section These cells only need to be completed for the first row in the spreadsheet. They will be applied to all positive blood cultures listed on this template.
Provider ID/CCN*	Hospitals CMS Certification Number.
Hospital Name*	Hospital Name associated with CCN.
State*	Enter the 2 character abbreviation for the state in which the hospital is located.
Calendar Quarter*	Select from the dropdown list the calendar quarter to which the blood culture list pertains.
Hospital Contact Name*	Hospital contact name for CMS to contact with questions.
Contact Phone*	Phone number for hospital contact listed.
Contact Email*	Email address for hospital contact listed.
Total discharges in quarter with ICU stay	The total number of patients discharged during the reporting quarter who had an ICU stay. Patients with positive blood cultures are a subset of this group.
Positive Blood Cultures (Y/N)*	Select Yes or No from the dropdown list. Does the hospital have positive blood cultures for ICU patients in the calendar quarter referenced?
Patient HIC*	The patient's Medicare Beneficiary Number, also known as the health insurance claim (HIC) number. No dashes, spaces or special characters should be included. Must be between 7 and 12 characters. This field is required for Medicare patients when the HIC number is known.	Blood Culture Section Complete for every positive blood culture.
Patient Identifier*	The patient identifier assigned by the hospital. Use the same patient identifier that would be submitted to NHSN if the episode of care (EOC) would be reported as a CLABSI event.
Birthdate*	The patient date of birth using MM/DD/YYYY format.
Sex*	Select Female, Male or unknown from the dropdown list to indicate the sex of the patient.	Patient Information Section Complete these cells once per patient.
Central line Y/N*	Select Yes or No from the dropdown list. Did the patient have a central line in place at anytime during their hospital stay. Please include central lines already in place when the patient was admitted.
Admit Date*	Enter date patient was admitted to hospital in MM/DD/YYYY format.
Discharge Date*	Enter date patient was discharged from the hospital in MM/DD/YYYY format. This date is critical as patients with lengths of stay > 120 days will be excluded from the validation sample.
First Name	First name of patient.
Last Name	Last name of patient.
NHSN ICU Location*	Select from the drop down list, the NHSN ICU location to which the patient was assigned when the positive blood culture was drawn. Only cultures drawn from ICU patients should be included on the list.	Blood Culture Section Complete for every positive blood culture.
Lab ID*	Lab ID, accession number or specimen number corresponding to positive blood culture.
Blood Culture Date*	Provide the date the blood culture was collected in MM/DD/YYYY format.
Blood Culture Time	Provide the time the blood was drawn if easily available.
Pathogen Name (A)*	Specify pathogen identified. The drop down menu includes the most common pathogens. Only final lab results should be included.
Pathogen Name (B)	Specify pathogen identified. The drop down menu includes the most common pathogens. Only final lab results should be included.
Pathogen Name (C)	Specify pathogen identified. The drop down menu includes the most common pathogens. Only final lab results should be included.
* indicates required fields

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Sheet 2: Template

NHSN Facility ID*

Provider ID/CCN*

Hospital Name*

State*

Calendar Quarter*

Hospital Contact Name*

Contact Phone*

Contact Email*

Total discharges in quarter with ICU stay

Positive Blood Cultures (Y/N)*

Patient HIC*

Patient Identifier*

Birthdate*

Sex*

Central line Y/N*

Admit Date*

Discharge Date*

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

NHSN ICU Location*

Lab ID*

Blood Culture Date*

Blood Culture Time

Pathogen Name (A)*

Pathogen Name (B)

Pathogen Name (C)

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Sheet 3: NHSN ICU Location

NHSN Locations Included in the Hospital IQR Program's CLABSI Reporting
Inpatient Adult Critical Care Units	Adult Burn Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients with significant/major burns.	IN:ACUTE:CC:B
	Adult Cardiac Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients with serious heart problems that do not require heart surgery.	IN:ACUTE:CC:C
	Adult Medical Critical Care	Critical care area for patients who are being treated for nonsurgical conditions.	IN:ACUTE:CC:M
	Adult Medical/Surgical Critical Care	An area where critically ill patients with medical and/or surgical conditions are managed.	IN:ACUTE:CC:MS
	Adult Neurologic Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in treating life-threatening neurological diseases.	IN:ACUTE:CC:N
	Adult Neurosurgical Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the surgical management of patients with severe neurological diseases or those at risk for neurological injury as a result of surgery.	IN:ACUTE:CC:NS
	Adult Prenatal Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the management of the pregnant patient with complex medical or obstetric problems requiring a high level of care to prevent the loss of the fetus and to protect the life of the mother.	IN:ACUTE:CC:PNATL
	Adult Respiratory Critical Care	Critical care area for the evaluation and treatment of the patient with severe respiratory conditions.	IN:ACUTE:CC:R
	Adult Surgical Cardiothoracic Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients following cardiac and thoracic surgery.	IN:ACUTE:CC:CT
	Adult Surgical Critical Care	Critical care area for the evaluation and management of patients with serious illness before and/or after surgery	IN:ACUTE:CC:S
	Adult Trauma Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients who require a high level of monitoring and/or intervention following trauma or during critical illness related to trauma.	IN:ACUTE:CC:T
Inpatient Pediatric Critical Care Units	Pediatric Burn Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients ≤ 18 years old with significant/major burns	IN:ACUTE:CC:B_PED
	Pediatric Cardiothoracic Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients ≤ 18 years old following cardiac and thoracic surgery.	IN:ACUTE:CC:CT_PED
	Pediatric Medical Critical Care	Critical care area for patients ≤ 18 years old who are being treated for nonsurgical conditions. In the NNIS system, this was called Pediatric ICU (PICU).	IN:ACUTE:CC:M_PED
	Pediatric Medical Surgical Critical Care	An area where critically ill patients ≤ 18 years old with medical and/or surgical conditions are managed.	IN:ACUTE:CC:MS_PED
	Pediatric Neurosugical Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the surgical management of patients ≤ 18 years old with severe neurological diseases or those at risk for neurological injury as a result of surgery.	IN:ACUTE:CC:NS_PED
	Pediatric Respiratory Critical Care	Critical care area for the evaluation and treatment of the patients ≤ 18 years old with severe respiratory conditions.	IN:ACUTE:CC:R_PED
	Pediatric Surgical Critical Care	Critical care area for the evaluation and management of patients ≤ 18 years old with serious illness before and/or after surgery.	IN:ACUTE:CC:S_PED
	Pediatric Trauma Critical Care	Critical care area specializing in the care of patients ≤ 18 years old who require a high level of monitoring and/or intervention following trauma or during critical illness related to trauma.	IN:ACUTE:CC:T_PED
Neonatal Units	Neonatal Critical Care Level II/III	Combined nursery housing both Level II and III newborns and infants.	IN:ACUTE:CC_STEP:NURS
	Neonatal Critical Care Level III	A hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) organized with personnel and equipment to provide continuous life support and comprehensive care for extremely high-risk newborn infants and those with complex and critical illness. Level III is subdivided into 4 levels differentiated by the capability to provide advanced medical and surgical care.	IN:ACUTE:CC:NURS