{"id":5348,"date":"2024-02-16T11:36:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/?page_id=5348"},"modified":"2025-07-18T09:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:06:32","slug":"nhsn-hai-long-term-acute-care-hospital-ltach-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/nhsn-hai-long-term-acute-care-hospital-ltach-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"NHSN HAI Long-term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) ANNUAL REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this page: <\/span><\/b>Dashboard Guide <\/span><\/a>| <\/span>Virginia LTACH Hospitals <\/span><\/a>| <\/span>Statewide SIR <\/span><\/a>| <\/span>Lab Identified Events<\/a> | Device Associated Events<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>| <\/span>Hospital Specific Report<\/a> | HCP Vaccination<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The HAI\/AR Program produces annual reports to inform facilities and prevention responses to help reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAI) among long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) patients in the Commonwealth of Virginia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), formerly known as nosocomial infections, are infections acquired while receiving medical care.\u00a0 Patients can get them from routine care, surgery, as a complication from the use of medical devices such as ventilators or catheters, or as a side effect of the overuse of antibiotics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In February 2019, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 2425 which expanded statewide surveillance for HAIs to additional healthcare settings.<\/span> Under this bill, long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are required to share data with VDH as of July 1, 2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, please refer to the links posted under the \u201cGuide\u201d section.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Download NHSN HAI LTACH Data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Introduction to the HAI LTACH Annual Report Dashboard<\/span><\/b> (Guide)<\/span><\/h2>\n

Directions: <\/span><\/b>Please read the information about the data that will be displayed in this dashboard. Dashboard can be navigated by clicking on any of the titles on the right-hand side.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of note:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. University of Virginia Transitional Care Hospital closed in August 2022. Data for 2022 is incomplete, and data for future years will be blank.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Vibra Hospital of Richmond is now Select Specialty Hospital \u2013 Richmond. The name change has been reflected historically through all years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Inova Specialty Hospital opened in May 2023. The facility’s 2023 data is not included, but the first full reporting year of 2024 has been included.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    <\/a>Virginia Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Please refer to the top left-hand of the screen for the color identifiers. The circles on the map indicate the location of long-term acute care hospitals that are reporting in NHSN. Each of the five VDH Health Planning Regions are represented by different colors. Hospital names are represented near the circles. More information about each hospital is located in the table below.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    For more information about each hospital, hover over the circles on the map.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    <\/a>Statewide SIR<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

    The standardized infection ratio (SIR) is a summary measure used to track HAIs at a national, state, or local level over time. The SIR adjusts for various facility and\/or patient-level factors that contribute to HAI risk within each facility. <\/span><\/span>SIRs are based on the complex admission\/readmission model for adult patients (\u226518 years). More information on this model can be found can be found in the CDC NHSN SIR Guide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    For more information about each SIR, hover over the SIR values in the table.<\/span><\/b>
    \n<\/span>To highlight SIRs that are Better, Same, or Worse, click the highlighter button to the right of ‘SIR Interpretation’ and then select one of the categories.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    The SIR value can be interpreted as follows:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n