National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN): How to Use the Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity Module

Resource Location: https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-03/NHSN%20COVID-19%20Patient%20Impact%20and%20Hospital%20Capacity%20Module%20-%20How%20to%20Use%20t....pdf

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion and the CDC

As part of CDC’s ongoing COVID-19 response, a new Patient Impact Module has been created in NHSN to help facilities track and monitor the number of cases reported in their facilities daily. The new module collects summary data which can be viewed in a table form without generating new analysis datasets. In addition, the summary data can be exported to excel/CSV for additional analysis outside the application. The data collected using this module will be informative and provide situational awareness at both state and national levels.