Healthcare Personnel Safety (HPS) Component

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is an internet-based surveillance system established in 2005 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) that includes both patient safety and healthcare personnel health and safety modules. The proposed enhancement to the NHSN will electronically link and integrate a wide variety of ongoing occupational health surveillance activities and facilitate more accurate and timely prevention strategies, while meeting necessary confidentiality and security requirements. This meeting provided an opportunity for stakeholders to contribute to the initial development of the data collection.

74 FR 54835; Proposed enhancements to occupational Health surveillance data collection through the healthcare personnel safety (HPS) component of the National Healthcare Network (NHSN); Correction; 10/23/09 [PDF – 1,803 KB]

74 FR 48081; Proposed enhancements to occupational Health surveillance data collection through the healthcare personnel safety (HPS) component of the National Healthcare Network (NHSN); Notice of public meeting and Availability for public comments; 10/23/09 [PDF – 1,800 KB]

Public meeting in Cincinnati, OH on November 16-17, 2009

Agenda for the meeting “Engaging stakeholders in expanding occupational health surveillance within the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)”; 11/16-17/09 [PDF – 2,355 KB]

Presentation by Ahmed Gomaa (NIOSH) entitled “Engaging stakeholders in expanding occupational health surveillance of healthcare personnel: a collaboration between NIOSH & DHQP”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 29,333 KB]

Presentation by Barbara Braun (The Joint Commission) entitled “Joint Commission standards: Addressing safety for patients and workers”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 53,219 KB]

Presentation by Wayne Thomann (Duke University Medical Center) entitled “Engaging stakeholders in expanding Occupational Health Surveillance within the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 8,920 KB]

Presentation by Mary Yarbrough (Vanderbilt University) entitled “Development of an occupational health information system for surveillance”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 11,230 KB]

Presentation by Joseph Perz (CDC) entitled “NHSN healthcare personnel safety component: current modules”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 3,119 KB]

Presentation by Ruby Phelps (NCPDCID/CDC) entitled “Proposed NHSN modules: moving from ideas to implementation and some key steps along the way”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 17,713 KB]

Presentation by James Gilmer (VA) entitled “Automated safety incident surveillance tracking system (ASISTS) Version 2.20.1.0”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 36,423 KB]

Presentation by Daniel Pollock (NCPDCID/CDC) entitled “NHSN: an overview and update”; 11/16/09 [PDF – 15,009 KB]