Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/acute-care-hospital/vae/
Ventilator-Associated Event
Calculator (Version 3.0) (must
have JavaScript enabled) operates
based upon the currently posted
(January 2015) VAE protocol.
Training
VAE, VAP, and PNEU Definition
Changes for 2015 [Video - 11 min]
YouTube link
CDC Streaming Video
Additional Training
Device-associated Denominator
Sampling for 2015
YouTube link
CDC Streaming Video
NHSN Definition and Rules Changes
for 2015
YouTube link
CDC Streaming Video
Analysis Training
Data Entry and Analysis Training
Continuing Education
Obtaining Continuing Education for
NHSN Training Events
Protocols
Ventilator-Associated Event (VAE)
Protocol April, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/VAE-calculator/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuqY9AHblw&feature=youtu.be
http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=b496413f1cd2989d00faa51af931da402014
1119125437234
http://youtu.be/LVDrjrgfWn4
http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=b46c6a747b935d7fb803b187bd64826a201
41119135352875
http://youtu.be/VH63CU3iUHw
http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=db43abe18c29373eb3b773e96c963b71201
41125125819015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/Training/analysis/index.html
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/Training/continuing-edu.html
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/10-VAE_FINAL.pdf
NHSN Overview January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/1PSC_OverviewCurrent.pdf
Identifying Healthcare-associated
Infections (HAIs) in NHSN April, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/2PSC_IdentifyingHAIs_NHSNcurrent.p
df
Patient Safety Monthly Reporting
Plan April, 2015
Data Collection Forms
57.112 Ventilator-Associated Event
(VAE) January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/3PSC_MonthlyReportingPlanCurrent.
pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.112_VAE_BLANK.pdf
Customizable form
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.112_VAE_BLANK.docx
Table of instructions
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/instr/57_112_VAE.pdf
57.117 Denominators for Specialty
Care Area (SCA) form January, 2015
Table of instructions
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.117_DenominatorSCA_BLANK.pdf
Customizable form
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/instr/57_117.pdf
57.118 Denominators for Intensive
Care Unit (ICU)/Other locations (not
NICU or SCA) form January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.118_DenominatorICU_BLANK.pdf
Table of instructions
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/instr/57_118.pdf
Customizable form
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.118_DenominatorICU_BLANK.pdf
57.103 Patient Safety Component—
Annual Facility Survey form
January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.103_PSHospSurv_BLANK.pdf
Table of instructions
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/instr/57_103-TOI.pdf
57.106 Patient Safety Monthly
Reporting Plan form January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.106_PSReportPlan_BLANK.docx
Table of instructions
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/instr/57_106.pdf
Customizable form
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.106_PSReportPlan_BLANK.pdf
57.115 HAI Custom Event form
January, 2015
Customizable form **
**Not to be used for CLABSI, CAUTI,
SSI, VAE, pediatric VAP, or LabID
events.**
To be used in conjunction with the
CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions
for Specific Types of Infections
Chapter in the NHSN Patient Safety
Manual
Supporting Materials
Unusual Susceptibility Profiles Alert
January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/forms/57.115_CUS_BLANK.pdf
VAE Surveillance Mechanical
Ventilation Table January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/vae/VAEMVTable-current.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/17pscNosInfDef_current.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/USP-Alert-current.pdf
CDC Location Labels and Location
April, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/15LocationsDescriptions_current.pdf
NHSN Key Terms April, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/16pscKeyTerms_current.pdf
CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions
for Specific Types of Infections
April, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/17pscNosInfDef_current.pdf
NHSN Organism List (All Organisms,
Top Organisms, Common
Commensals, MBI Organisms, and
UTI Bacteria) January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/XLS/master-organism-Com-Commensals-Lists.xlsx
Guidance for Missing Deviceassociated Denominator Data
September, 2013
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/NHSNMissingDenomData_Sep2013.pdf
Changing a CCN within NHSN
January, 2015
Calculator and Worksheets
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/CMS/Changing-CCN-within-NHSN.pdf
Ventilator-Associated Event
Calculator (Version 3.0)
(JavaScript must be enabled)
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/VAE-calculator/index.html
VAE Data Collection Worksheet
January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/vae/VAE_DataCollectionWorksheet_FINAL.pdf
VAE Data Collection Worksheet
January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/vae/VAE_DataCollectionWorksheet_FINAL.docx
VAE Antimicrobial Worksheet
January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/vae/VAE_AntimicrobialWorksheet_FINAL.pdf
VAE Antimicrobial Worksheet
January, 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/vae/VAE_AntimicrobialWorksheet_FINAL.docx
VAE Antimicrobial Worksheet
Instructions January, 2015
Analysis Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/vae/VAE_AntimicrobialWorksheetInstructions_FI
NAL.pdf
Patient Safety Analysis Tools
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PS-Analysis-resources/
Analysis Quick Reference Guides
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PS-Analysis-resources/reference-guides.html
Patient Safety Component - Variable
Reference List
Related Publications and Other
Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PS-Analysis-resources/PDF/VarLabelXref-7-1-PS.pdf
Klompas M, Kleinman K, Murphy M, for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program
(2014).
Descriptive Epidemiology and Attributable Morbidity of Ventilator-Associated
Events. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 35(5): 502-10.
External Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675834
Dessap AM, Katsahian S, Roche-Campo F, Varet H, Kouatchet A, Tomicic V,
Beduneau G, Sonneville R, Jaber S, Darmon M, Castanares-Zapatero D, Brochard L,
Brun-Buisson C (2014).
Ventilator-associated pneumonia during weaning from mechanical ventilation:
role of fluid management [published online ahead of print March 20, 2014] Chest.
External Link
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1850432
Magill SS, Klompas M, Balk R, Burns SM, Deutschman CS, Diekema D, Fridkin S,
Greene L, Guh A, Gutterman D, Hammer B, Henderson D, Hess D, Hill NS, Horan T,
Kollef M, Levy M, Septimus E, Vanantwerpen C, Wright D, Lipsett P (2013).
Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24162674
Muscedere J, Sinuff T, Heyland DK, Dodek PM, Keenan SP, Wood G, Jiang X, Day
AG, Laporta D, Klompas M, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
(2013).
The Clinical Impact and Preventability of Ventilator-Associated Conditions in
Critically Ill Patients Who Are Mechanically Ventilated Chest. 144(5):1453-1460.
External Link
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleID=1736969
Klompas M, (2013).Complications of Mechanical Ventilation — The CDC's New
Surveillance. N Engl J Med. 368:1472-1475. External Link
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1300633
Hayashi Y, Morisawa K, Klompas M, Jones M, Bandeshe H, Boots R, Lipman J,
Paterson DL (2012).
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