End-Stage Renal Disease Network Program

WHEN DATA ARE CONSIDERED COMPLETE IN NHSN?

Data are considered complete in NHSN once facilities do ALL of the following:

Complete the Annual Facility Survey

Complete a monthly reporting plan to indicate which module(s) and event(s) a facility plans to report for each month in which facility plans to perform surveillance and submit data to NHSN

Submit event data to NHSN Dialysis protocols

Indicate “no events” on monthly summary data page if no events were found for the month

Submit monthly summary data to NHSN

Resolve all outstanding alerts