The CDC estimates that roughly 1 in 31 US hospital patients contract at least one infection linked to their health care every day. The CDC said the results of the 2024 report show the continued need ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would expand and extend COVID-era respiratory illness reporting requirements under a provision of the recently proposed Home Health Prospective Payment ...

Healthcare organizations should consider auditing healthcare-acquired infection data prior to reporting to the National Healthcare Safety Network, according to a study published in Infection Control ...

RESTON, VA / ACCESSWIRE / October 1, 2024 / Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a Fortune® 500 innovation company, was recently awarded the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Development, Maintenance, Support, ...

The CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network has announced new capabilities for long-term care infection reporting, healthcare worker influenza reporting and dialysis reporting, according to an ...

The NHSN national reporting system for nursing homes to submit COVID-19 vaccination data has set webinar dates to review important changes to the system. The next viewing opportunity is at 1 p.m. ET ...

Traditional surveillance using the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network methodology may be the superior method of measuring and reporting healthcare-associated infections, compared two to other ...