Healthcare-Associated Infections Resources

HAI/PAE Reporting and Investigation Confidentiality

Texas Annual Reports and Antibiograms

Interfacility Transfer Form (PDF, 158 KB) 11.12.21

HAI TxHSN 2.0 User Guide for Facility Users (PDF) July 2023

Texas Hospital Confer Rights (PDF) October 2014

NHSN Enrollment Instructions (PDF)

Surveillance Reporting

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Training and Enrollment Requirements for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program

UPDATED: The Association for Prevention of Infection and Control (APIC) is providing free NHSN reporting training. The following contains the content of the training sessions.

NHSN Training Slides Part 1 (PPT, 9,399 KB)

NHSN Training Slides Part 2 (PPT, 9,911 KB)

NOTE: The CDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion has endorsed the DSHS/APIC NHSN training as meeting the requirements for a face-to-face NHSN training. The CDC NHSN Program recommends you also review their training sessions (www.cdc.gov/nhsn/training/), especially for those protocols and topics which may not have been covered during CDC-endorsed trainings. When registering as a user of NHSN, you may enter the date of the CDC-endorsed training you attended as the training completion date.

Incomplete/Missing Alerts Instructional Guide (PDF, 130 MB)

How to Report Zero CLABSI (PDF)

How to Report Zero Surgical or SSI Events (PDF)

ICU Type Definitions

HAI - healthcare-associated infection 

CLABSI - central line-associated bloodstream infection 

NHSN - National Healthcare Safety Network 

ASC - ambulatory surgical center 

DSHS - Department of State Health Services 

LTAC - long-term acute care (facility) 

ICU - intensive care unit 

CCU - critical care unit 

IP - infection preventionist 

SSI - surgical site infection 

RSV - respiratory syncytial virus 

PAE - preventable adverse event 

CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 

CABGs - coronary artery bypass grafts 

IPPS - Inpatient Prospective Payment System 

NICU - neonatal intensive care unit 

ICD-9-CM - International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision Clinical Modification 

SIR - standardized infection ratio 

DHQP- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion 

APIC - Association for Prevention of Infection and Control 

MRSA - methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

MDRO - multi drug resistant organisms 

CDI - Clostridioides difficile infection 

SHEA - The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 

VAE - ventilator-associated event 

VAP- ventilator-associated pneumonia 

Sepsis Alliance

American Health Quality Association

HICPAC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

The Joint Commission

National Health Care Safety Network (NHSN)

National Quality Forum

Texas Administrative Code Title 25, Chapter 200 (Healthcare-Associated Infections)

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 98 (PDF, 75 KB)

Texas Hospital Association

Controlling the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance

Healthcare-Associated Infection Patient Safety

Print Materials & Fact Sheets l CDC

For information, visit Texas DSHS COVID-19 and CDC COVID-19.