NHSN's Updated Definitions for COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting for Residents and Health Care Personnel

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has recently revised its definition of "up to date" on COVID-19 vaccinations. In this episode, we review the new definition as well as other recent changes to NHSN's person-level or event-level vaccination forms.We're joined by Debra Wright, quality improvement specialist at Quality Insights. If you want to reach Patty directly, you can call Quality Insights at 1-800-642-8686 and ext 7636. You can also contact her via email at [email protected] links from this episode: COVID-19 Vaccination Modules: Key Terms (NHSN)COVID-19 Module - Long Term Care Facility (NHSN): Resident Impact and Facility Capacity Pathway (NHSN form)COVID-19 Module - Long Term Care Facility: Staff and Personnel Impact (NHSN form)Instructions for Completion of the COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility (LTCF) Resident Impact and Facility Capacity Pathway Form (NHSN)Instructions for Completion of the COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility (LTCF) Staff and Personnel Impact Form (NHSN)5-Step Enrollment for Long-term Care Facilities (CDC)  Check out our other interviews by visiting https://www.qualityinsights.org/qin/multimedia. This material was prepared by Quality Insights, a Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. Publication number 12SOW-QI-GEN-092922-CC-A