Course OverviewThe Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Reporting Requirements for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) provides an overview of requirements and recommendations for the public reporting of HAIs. Topics include surveillance concepts, infection criteria, and data requirements for the reporting of central-line associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, C. difficile infections, MRSA bacteremia, ventilator-associated events, and surgical site infections, as well as a discussion of HAI data interpretation.
Target Audience
Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals beginning their experience in infection prevention and control training and who have little to no practice in infection prevention and control concepts.
Audience examples include novice infection preventionists, clinical healthcare professionals, and nonclinical healthcare leaders, such as environmental services managers, who are seeking foundational infection prevention and control knowledge.
Overall Learning Objectives
- Describe
six most common Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
reportable Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
- Describe
basic reporting requirements of the HAIs
- Describe
basic data interpretation
- Describe
what cross-comparison data exist, where to find them, and how to interpret
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for this course until May 1, 2026. Once viewed, please visit the activity page to obtain your credit.
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