NHSN Data Entry for Long Term Care Facilities

June 20, 2017

Agenda

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• Opening Remarks

• Housekeeping

• Presentation

• Q&A

• Closing Remarks

Introduction to the atom Alliance

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Multi-state alliance for powerful change composed of three nonprofit, healthcare quality improvement consulting companies.

Housekeeping Items: Phone Lines

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• To ensure maximum sound quality, participant lines will be muted during the presentation

• Press *2 to mute or unmute your phone line you can also use your phone’s mute button

• Press *9 to “Raise your Hand”

Housekeeping Items: Chat

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• We welcome all questions and comments via the chat board on the right hand side of your screen at anytime

• To submit questions or comments: Use WebEx chat – send messages to specific panelists or All Participants using the chat feature drop down menu

Housekeeping Items: Q & A

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• To ask panelists questions directly and privatelyThe panelist can then decide to answer the question privately (only the person that asked the question will see the response), or the panelist can answer publicly, and all participants will see the question and the answer.

Welcome Reminders

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Sarah Potter RT(R), MBAQuality Improvement AdvisorQsource, a member of atom AllianceFacilitator

Angela Anttila, PhD, MSN, NP-C, CICEpidemiologist, ConsultantCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Nursing Faculty, Kennesaw StateNHSN Expert Q & A

Brandi ClaggettQI AdvisorQsourceChat Monitor

• Demonstrate the process for entering C. difficile infection (CDI) data in the Long Term Care National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) module

• Questions & Answers with NHSN experts

Objectives

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Overview of NHSN Project Timeline

• Project Goal: To develop a baseline for CDIs in Long Term Care facilities.

• 10 Consecutive months of NHSN data entry, March 2017 through December 2017.

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Steps to Complete Each Month

1. Complete Monthly Reporting Plan

2. Complete Summary Data

3. If there are CDI events, enter details for those

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Reporting Plan

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Reporting Plan (cont’d)

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For C. difficile Reporting, under the “LabID Event Module” choose “CDIF – C. difficile” from the drop-down menu for specific organism type.

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Reporting Plan (cont’d)

Monthly Summary Data

*Enter the month and year in which you are entering data for.

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Monthly Summary Data (cont’d)

*Total admissions, resident days and number of residents admitted on CDI treatment.

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Monthly Summary Data (cont’d)

If reporting ZERO events for the month, just make sure the “reporting no events” box is checked.

Entering a CDI Event

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Entering a CDI Event (cont’d)

**Don’t forget to click “Save”

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Demonstration of the NNHQC Infection Tracking Tool

Sarah Potter RT(R), MBAQuality Improvement Advisor, TN

Tool can be found here:https://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/goalDetail.aspx?g=inf#tab2

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Q & A Session with NHSN Expert

Angela Anttila, PhD, MSN, NP-C, CICEpidemiologist, ConsultantCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Nursing Faculty, Kennesaw State

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Resources

Visit the atom Alliance website for resources:http://atomalliance.org/leading-sustaining-systemic-change-collaborative/

Included on the page:• Tracking and Reporting CDI in Nursing Homes (Webinar)

• National Healthcare Safety Network Enrollment for LTC Facilities (Webinar)

• Preparing your Long Term Care Facility to Report C. difficilein NHSN (Webinar)

• Beyond CDI Basics Prevention Strategies: Reaching Across the Continuum of Care to Decrease CDI Events (Webinar Series)

Also, the CDC’s website has many training resources here: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/training/ltc/index.html

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Thank you for joining us!

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This material was prepared by atom Alliance, the Quality Innovation Network-QualityImprovement Organization (QIN-QIO), coordinated by Qsource for Tennessee, Kentucky,Indiana, Mississippi and Alabama under a contract with the CENTERS FOR MEDICARE &MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS), a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services. Content does not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 17.ASC2.05.015.

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