Welcome we are so happy that you have
joined Health Services Advisory Group on
this important Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services initiative to prevent
and reduce clostridium difficile
infections also known as CDI in nursing
homes. In an effort to provide continual
technical support we have created a
series of quick tutorial videos which
will enable you to successfully enroll
set up and begin reporting CDI data into
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's National Health Care and
Safety Network. This NHSN introduction
and IT setup video is the first of six
NHSN enrollment training videos
it is important that each step is
completed in order
you can complete the series at your own
pace by pausing the videos as needed
the first step is to get your computer
ready for NHSN enrollment and make
certain that you don't miss important
information sent to you from the CDC.
Changes to your computer may require
assistance from your IT manager or
department. NHSN is compatible with all
internet browsers
however for the purpose of this training
we will be using Internet Explorer. Ok
let's go to the NHSN long-term care
facility webpage this is found at https
colon slash slash www.cdc.gov / NHSN
slash LTC / enroll dot HTML. We suggest
bookmarking this page to your internet
browser go to the top of the browser on
the left and click favorites
from here you can add to favorites or
add to favorites bar this will place the
bookmarked page to the top of your
browser
this is where I like to keep it for easy
access.
Next we want to add trusted websites and
permit pop ups to your browser to do this
open internet explorer click on the
tools button and then click internet
options click the security tab then
click the green checkmark trusted sites
and then click on the site's button. In
the text box under "add this website to
the zone" enter https colon slash slash
cdc.gov click add then enter https colon
slash slash verisign dot-com and click
add. Once both websites are added
successfully click close. While we're
here click the privacy tab here you'll
see pop-up blocker to the right of this
label is the Settings button click here
now in the text box under address of
website to allow enter CDC dot gov and
click add and then enter verisign
dot-com and click Add click close to
complete and then click ok. If you are
blocked for making these changes contact
your IT system administrator for further
assistance
finally let's change your email spam
blocker settings to allow for successful
NHSN and SAMS email transmission the
following steps are compatible with
Microsoft Outlook and may vary by
internet provider it is essential that
you ensure that the email correspondence
from NHSN and SAMS no reply
do not go to your junk email as this is
the primary method of communication from
NHSN
for Microsoft Outlook email on the Home
tab click junk and then click junk email
options
next click on safe recipients tab click
the button add this will open a pop-up
screen in the text box type in NHSN at
cdc.gov and click ok click Add again
type Sams dash N 0 dash reply at
cdc.gov and click ok. Click OK to
complete and that's it
this completes the NHSN introduction and
IT setup steps next click on the NHSN
enrollment step one required training
and preparation video.