CDC is approved to proceed with this collection and will coordinate future amendments to the collection instruments with CMS and other agencies/groups that require mandatory reporting of NHSN-collected data.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2018
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2017
9,007,950
0
8,975,750
4,621,542
0
4,277,716
146,685,095
0
141,057,383
NHSN is a system designed to accumulate, exchange, and integrate relevant information and resources among private and public stakeholders to support local and national efforts to protect patients and promote healthcare safety.The NHSN has six components: Patient Safety, Healthcare Personnel Safety, Biovigilance,Long-Term Care Facility, Dialysis, and Outpatient Procedure. The data are used to determine the magnitude of various healthcare-associated adverse events and trends in the rates of these events among patients and healthcare workers with similar risks,and to detect changes in the epidemiology of adverse events resulting from new and current medical therapies and changing risks. As of March, 2015, 33 states and the District of Columbia have opted to use NHSN as the operational system for mandatory reporting by healthcare facilities in their jurisdictions, and additional states are expected to follow with similar use of NHSN for mandatory reporting purposes. In addition, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires healthcare facilities to report HAI and prevention practice adherence data via NHSN in fulfillment of CMSâs quality measurement reporting requirements for those data. Reporting institutions will be able to access their own data at any time and analyze them through the internet interface. The current revision request includes revision of 27 of the previously approved forms and the removal of two data collection forms
US Code:
42 USC 242k
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
US Code:
42 USC 242m(d)
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
US Code:
42 USC 242b
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
Twenty-seven previously approved forms were updated based on user feedback and clarifications in surveillance definitions. Two forms were removed from the package as they were not built into NHSN. Attachment G-1(Crosswalk for Supporting Documentation and Corresponding Data Collection Forms) will provide a table indicating which documents supports what data collection instrument under Attachment C.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
57.106 Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan