National Healthcare Safety Network report, data summary for 2013, Device-associated Module.

This report is a summary of Device-associated (DA) Module data collected by hospitals participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for events occurring from January through December 2011 and reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by August 1, 2012. This report updates previously published DA Module data from NHSN and provides contemporary comparative rates.1 This report complements other NHSN reports, including national and state-specific reports of standardized infection ratios for select health care-associated infections (HAIs).2-4 NHSN data collection, reporting, and analysis are organized into 3 componentsdPatient Safety, Healthcare Personnel Safety, and Biovigilancedand use standardized methods and definitions in accordance with specific module protocols.5-7 Institutions may use modules singly or simultaneously, but, once selected, they must be used for aminimum of 1 calendarmonth for the data to be included in CDC analyses. All infections are categorized using standard CDC definitions that include laboratory and clinical criteria.7 The DA Module may be used by facilities other than hospitals, including outpatient dialysis centers. A report of data from this module for outpatient dialysis centers was published separately.8 NHSN facilities contributing HAI surveillance data to this report did so voluntarily in response to state mandatory reporting requirements or in compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. The CDC aggregated these data into a single national database for 2011, consistent with the stated purposes of NHSN, which were as follows: