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NHSN—Acute Care Mapping and Leveraging the TAP Strategy

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

1 p.m. Central
12 noon Mountain
11 a.m. Pacific

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NHSN Location Mapping Checklist (cdc.gov)

 

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In this webinar, hear from experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) division and discover how to leverage the Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) strategy for your organization.

Objectives

  • Utilize NHSN mapping guidance to determine appropriate unit acuity levels and make necessary changes within the application.
  • Analyze units within NHSN and identify those with the most opportunity for improvement by healthcare-associated infection (HAI).
  • Determine the cumulative attributable difference necessary to achieve value-based purchasing goals.

Presenters

Rashad Arcement, MSPH
Public health analyst for the NHSN Methods and Analytics Team in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the CDC

Katie White, MPH
Epidemiologist, Hospital Infection Prevention team within the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the CDC

Sunny Xu, MPH
Public health analyst, CACI Int'l., for NHSN Methods and Analytics Team in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the CDC