Emergency Revision Request for
OMB Control No. 0920-0666 – National Healthcare Safety Network
Contact:
Rudith Vice
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Phone: (404) 718-7292
Email: [email protected]
1. Respondent Universe and Sampling Methods 2
2. Procedures for the Collection of Information 2
3. Methods to maximize Response Rates and Deal with No Response 2
4. Tests of Procedures or Methods to be undertaken 2
5. Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals Collecting and/or Analyzing Data 2
The collection of these data will allow for the addition of three (3) diseases (i.e. Influenza A (H5), Marburg, and Oropouche) to be added to the Pathogens of High Consequence form. This will require statistical analyses using a variety of statistical methods that will generate results that represent the population of NHSN acute care facilities. It is crucial for CDC to be aware of cases of these select infectious diseases of public health concern to help ensure that local and state authorities are equipped to contain and prevent further spread.
NHSN is an ongoing surveillance system that does not employ probability sampling methods for selecting participating hospitals. The respondent universe is the approximate 3,500 acute care hospitals reporting to NHSN’s Patient Safety Component.
Data will be 100% collected via the secure NHSN internet application.
Participation in NHSN is open to all healthcare institutions with patient population groups that are addressed by the NHSN modules. The data collection is optional, and facilities will only need to complete the collection of data for any acute care hospitals with days in which they have a case(s) of Infectious Diseases of Public Health Concern to report. If they do not have any cases to report, the form will default to zero cases to help reduce reporting burden.
NHSN is a surveillance system has integrated legacy patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC, which has served as the successful pilot tests of the NHSN surveillance methods. Those systems were the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) system, the National Surveillance System for Healthcare Workers (NaSH), and the Dialysis Surveillance Network (DSN).
It is the responsibility of the CDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Surveillance Branch staff to manage and analyze data collected through NHSN.
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| Author | Samuel, Lee (CDC/OID/NCEZID) |
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| File Created | 2024-12-24 |