Modern Healthcare writes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s infection surveillance system (National Healthcare Safety Network) have come the system of choice for many states requiring infection reporting.
Out of the states that mandate reporting, 19 direct that the reporting is conducted to the NHSN. The NHSN has grown from 300 users in 2005 to about 2,000 facilities today that report their data into the system.
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