Infection Prevention & Control Topic: Data Analysis

2023 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Progress Report

The 2023 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Progress Report provides a summary of national and state level data for select HAIs across four healthcare settings: acute care hospitals (ACHs), critical access hospitals (CAHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs).
In acute care hospitals, standardized infection ratios (SIRs) showed statistically significant improvement in 2023 compared to 2022 for all HAIs except surgical site infections.

UTI Surveillance Implementation- Bite-Sized Learning

This 15 minute video, intended for infection preventionists in nursing facilities, describes the importance of urinary tract infection surveillance and explains the steps to implement UTI surveillance.

Foundational
Alliant
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Closed Captioning
Data Analysis
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Quality Improvement
Surveillance
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Video

VDH Hand Hygiene and PPE Monitoring Tool by Precaution Type

This is a spreadsheet-based tool for monitoring hand hygiene and PPE compliance. It can be printed portable use or used for recording and analysis.

2 – Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
All settings
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Any Practice Setting
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Data Analysis
Dental
Department of Health
Dialysis
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Mobile Clinic
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Spreadsheet
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions
VDH

Hemodialysis Hand Hygiene Observations

This is a tool for performing observations of hand hygiene opportunities in the hemodialysis setting, with dialysis-specific opportunities listed.

Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Checklist
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Data Analysis
Department of Health
Dialysis
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Print Resources
Quality Improvement

Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Event Calculator

This is an electronically generated worksheet that demonstrates how the NHSN PedVAE surveillance definition algorithm works and assists in making VAE determinations. It requires that javascript is enabled. The user enters the following information: the date the patient began to have mechanical ventilation, MAP and/or FiO2 values. It provides a determination for when a ventilator associated condition is met.

Foundational
CDC
Data Analysis
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Surveillance
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

MDRO & CDI LabID Event Calculator (Version 2.0)

This is an electronically generated worksheet that demonstrates how the NHSN Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) Module applies the definitions, and assists in making the correct MDRO and CDI Lab ID determinations. It requires that javascript is enabled. The user enters the following information: the focus organism that is being tracked; whether it is for all specimens or solely blood specimens, the reporting month; it generates a printable table and determination if the criteria for a lab id event are met.

Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
CDC
Clostridioides difficile
Data Analysis
English
Free
Gastrointestinal Infections
Infection Preventionists
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Pediatric / NICU
Surveillance

Ventilator-Associated Event Calculator (Version 9.0)

This is an electronically generated worksheet that demonstrates how the NHSN VAE surveillance definition algorithm works and assists in making VAE determinations. It requires that javascript is enabled. The user enters the following information: the date the patient began to have mechanical ventilation, PEEP and/or FiO2 values. It provides a determination for when a ventilator associated condition is met and provides further determination for IVAC and PVAP.

Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
CDC
Data Analysis
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Respiratory Infections
Surveillance
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

NHSN Healthcare-associated Infection (HAI) and Present on Admission (POA) Worksheet Generator

This is an electronically generated worksheet that outlines the infection window period, the repeat infection timeframe, and when appropriate, the secondary BSI Attribution Period. It can be used for multiple site-specific infection types (e.g. BSI, UTI and PNEU). The user independently determines if all NHSN infection criteria are met. It requires that javascript is enabled.

 Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
CDC
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Data Analysis
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Surveillance
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)

Prevention CHKC (Course in Healthcare-Associated Infection Knowledge and Control)

This is a course created by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is designed to train frontline personnel in best practices to prevent and control HAIs and pathogens that can spread in the healthcare setting. It consists of 11 modules (including prevention of CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP/VAE, C. difficile MRSA) and how to improve understanding of disinfection and sterilization. This is a course created by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is designed to train frontline personnel in best practices to prevent and control HAIs and pathogens that can spread in the healthcare setting. It consists of 11 modules (including prevention of CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP/VAE, C. difficile MRSA) and how to improve understanding of disinfection and sterilization.

Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Activity Included
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Air Quality
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
CME
CNE
Construction
COVID-19
Data Analysis
Emergency Preparedness & Operations
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Gastrointestinal Infections
Hand Hygiene
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Outbreak Investigation
Paid
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Post-Training Support Materials
Quality Improvement
Respiratory Infections
Risk Assessment
SHEA
Standard Precautions
Sterile Processing
Surgical site infections (SSI)
Surveillance
Transmission-Based Precautions
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Ventilator
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)