Welcome to the National Healthcare Safety Network, or NHSN, Quick Learn series.
This presentation provides information on the Hemovigilance Module’s Annual Facility
Survey.
We’ll review the Hemovigilance Module program goals, describe the Annual Facility Form’s
purpose, display the data entry and show you where to find the Annual Facility Form online.
NHSN is an internet-based surveillance system operated by CDC for the purpose of tracking
healthcare-associated infections.
The mission of NHSN has expanded to include NHSN also tracking reports of multidrug-resistant
organisms, healthcare personnel safety and vaccination compliance, and transfusion-related
adverse events.
The Biovigilance Component, which includes the Hemovigilance Module, is one of the five
components of the NHSN.
There are no fees for healthcare facilities to participate in NHSN or NHSN related activities,
including facility enrollment.
In addition, there is no cost to participating facilities for ongoing user support by CDC
staff, including assistance with facility enrollment, training, and analysis.
The goals of the NHSN Hemovigilance Module are to provide a systematic method for monitoring
transfusion-related adverse reactions and incidents, estimate the burden of transfusion
reactions and identify emerging threats to blood safety with the ultimate goal of improving
patient safety and minimizing morbidity and mortality among transfusion recipients.
The NHSN Hemovigilance Module collects data through five forms, including the Annual Facility
form.
The Annual Facility Form is used to collect facility demographic information in order
to classify facilities for appropriate comparisons in aggregate data analyses, and learn more
common practices among transfusion services.
The Annual Facility form must be completed after your facility enrolls or activates the
Biovigilance component and then again at the beginning of each calendar year after enrollment.
The data collected is from the previous calendar year.
For example if your facility first enrolled in NHSN in October 2015, then you report data
from January 2014 through December 2014 on the first Hemovigilance Module Annual Facility
Survey.
In January 2016, you will complete a new survey with data from January 2015-December 2015.
The Annual Facility form has four sections: Facility Characteristics, Transfusion Service
Characteristics, Transfusion Service Computerization and Transfusion Service Specimen Handling
and Testing.
This information can be obtained from the administrative department and blood bank computer
system.
Let’s walk through each section.
Fields with an asterisk are required.
Begin by entering the Facility ID number and Survey Year at the top of the form.
Facility ownership, community setting and capacity are collected in the Facility Characteristic
section.
The Transfusion Service Characteristics and Transfusion Service Computerizations sections
collect specific features of the transfusion department, extent of transfusion services
and level of computerization of transfusion services.
Details on specimen handling and testing, as well as the availability of dedicated transfusion
service personnel and resources are collected in the Transfusion Services Specimen Handling
and Testing section.
After all the data has been entered, click Save.
The Annual Facility Survey Form is pictured on the left.
The form’s corresponding Table of Instructions is shown on the right.
Refer to the Table of Instructions for detailed explanations of each question on this form.
To access the Annual Facility Survey Form go to c-d-c dot-gov-slash-n-h-s-n and click
on Reporting and Surveillance for Enrolled Facilities near the bottom of the page.
Click on Acute Care Hospitals and Facilities, scroll down, and select Blood Safety Surveillance.
Then click the Data Collection Forms drop down menu and choose Annual Facility Form.
Each form has a corresponding customizable version and table of instructions.
For more information, visit CDC-dot-gov-slash-NHSN.
For questions, e-mail NHSN at C-D-C-dot-gov and include Hemovigilance
in the subject line.