Annual Surveys, Locations & Monthly Reporting Plans
Updated January 1, 2025
Annual Facility Surveys
At the beginning of each survey year, a new facility survey(s) must be completed to reflect data from the prior calendar year. For example, at the beginning of 2025, an acute care hospital completes a 2024 Annual Hospital Survey containing data from 2024.
Deadline: March 1st
After March 1st, facilities will not be able to enter new monthly reporting plans until completion of the applicable survey(s).
An Introduction to Monthly Reporting Plan and Annual Surveys – January 2025 [PDF – 2 pages]
Acute Care Hospitals
(includes general, acute care hospitals; critical access hospitals; oncology; orthopedic; pediatric; women’s; women’s and children’s; military; psychiatric; and Veterans Affairs)
Long-term Acute Care (LTAC) Hospital
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF)
(includes free-standing facilities and CMS-certified inpatient rehabilitation units located within a hospital)
Updates and Training
NHSN Survey Data (Last 5 Years) – May 2022
Patient Safety Component Use of NHSN Annual Survey Data: Involvement in HAI SIR Models – May 2022
PSC Updates to the 2018 Annual Facility Survey
Guidance Documents
- Add an Annual Facility Survey [PDF – 300 KB]
- Find/Edit an Annual Facility Survey [PDF – 300 KB]
- Run and Export the Annual Facility Survey [PDF – 400 KB]
- How to Identify Who Modified the Survey [PDF – 350 KB]
FAQs
Locations
CDC Location Labels and Location Descriptions – January 2025 [PDF – 55 pages]
Updates and Training
- Patient Safety Component Location Mapping 101 – March 2022
Guidance Documents
- Map a Location [PDF – 200 KB]
- Edit a CDC Location [PDF – 200 KB]
- Guidance on Enrollment for Physically Separate Facilities [PDF – 300 KB]
- Mapping an HOPD in NHSN [PDF – 400 KB]
- Changing a CCN within NHSN [PDF – 350 KB]
- CMS Certified IRF Locations [PDF – 450 KB]
- CMS Certified IPF Locations [PDF – 450 KB]
- NHSN Guide to Mapping COVID-19 Locations [PDF – 600 KB]
- NHSN Location Mapping Checklist for Acute Care Hospitals [PDF – 800 KB]
- Inactivate a CDC Location [PDF – 700 KB]