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 set up 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.
Note that the only internet browser that can be used with NHSN is Microsoft
Internet Explorer 7 or above. The CDC states that no other browser is to be
used when accessing NHSN. Ok let's go to the NHSN long-term care facility web
page.
This is found at HTTP colon slash slash www.cdc.gov / NHSN / LTC / enroll . 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 will 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.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 Sam's 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 - no -
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.