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Use the Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) Component to track infections and prevention process measures, systematically, to identify problems, improve care, and determine progress toward national healthcare-associated infection goals.
Facilities Reporting in LTCF
- Nursing homes, skilled nursing, chronic care, and Intermediate Care Facilities for individuals with Intellectual disability (ICF/ID).
- Assisted living facilities can only report in the Prevention Process Measures module.
Long-term acute care hospitals must use the LTACH Facilities.
New Users
- Guidance for Adding New Users [PDF – 392 KB]
- LTCF Reporting Guidance [PDF – 134 KB]
- Introduction to LTCF Component [Video – 2 min]
- Enroll New Facility
- LTCF Training
- Educational Roadmap
LTCF Guidance Documents
LTCF Guidance Documents
LTCF Guidance Document [PDF – 157 KB]
| Title | Link(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccination | Guidance for reporting RPV Residents Summary Data [PDF – 568 KB] Guidance reporting COVID Vaccine HCP Data [PDF – 476 KB] | |||
| NHSN Set-up (required before beginning reporting) | NHSN LTC Setup Home Page Facility Set-up 2023 [PDF – 4 MB] Guidance for Enrollment [PDF – 540 KB] | |||
| Map Resident Care Locations | LTC Location Mapping Guidance [PDF – 227 KB] CDC Locations and Descriptions and Instructions for Mapping Patient Care Locations [PDF – 677 KB] *(Begin on pg. 28) * | |||
| LTCF Training Page | Long-term Care Facility Component Training | |||
| LTCF Annual Facility Survey | LTC Annual Facility Survey [PDF – 247 KB] Guidance for entering the Annual Facility Survey [PDF – 406 KB] | |||
| LTCF Monthly Reporting Plans | Monthly Reporting Plan [PDF – 137 KB] Guidance for entering the Monthly Reporting Plan [PDF – 416 KB] | |||
| LTCF Monthly Summary Data | MDRO and CDI Monthly Monitoring for LTC [PDF – 167 KB] Guidance for entering the Monthly Summary Data [PDF – 283 KB] | |||
| NHSN Facility Administrator Re-assignment/Add New User | Change NHSN Facility Administrator Guidance for adding new users [PDF – 385 KB] | |||
| NHSN LTCF Component | Long-term Care Facilities (LTCF) Component \ | NHSN \ | CDC | |
| LTCF Component UTI Module | Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) \ | LTCF \ | NHSN \ | CDC Guidance for reporting UTI Events [PDF – 2 MB] |
| LTCF Component LabID Event Module | MDRO & CDI \ | LTCF \ | NHSN \ | CDC Guidance for reporting LabID events [PDF – 2 MB] |
| LTCF Component Prevention Process Measures Module | Prevention Process Measures (PPM) \ | LTCF \ | NHSN \ | CDC Guidance for reporting Prevention Process Measures [PDF – 891 KB] |
LTCF Manual & FAQs
LTCF Modules & Events
Access relevant training, protocols, data collection forms and supporting materials for each module.
[
COVID-19/Respiratory Pathogens Module
Information and resources for reporting into the NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/covid19/index.html)
[
HCP and Resident COVID-19 Vaccination
Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/weekly-covid-vac/index.html)
[MDRO & CDI Events
Multidrug-Resistant Organism & C. difficile Infections
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/cdiff-mrsa/index.html)[Prevention Process Measures
Hand Hygiene, Gown and Glove Use Adherence
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/process-measures/index.html)
[Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Healthcare-Associated Infection Module
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/uti/index.html)[HCP and Resident Flu Vaccination
Weekly Flu Vaccination Reporting
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/vaccination/index.html)
Annual Survey & Monthly Reporting
- Annual Facility Survey form (57.137) [PDF – 120 KB]Table of Instructions [PDF – 150 KB]
- Monthly Reporting Plan form (57.141) [PDF – 80 KB]Table of Instructions [PDF – 100 KB]
Resources
[
Data Validation Guidance
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/validation/index.html)[
Newsletters & Archived Communications
](https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/newsletters/index.html)
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