The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Vaccination Team will be hosting multiple webinars to review important changes to the surveillance definition of ‘up-to-date’ with COVID-19 vaccines for long-term care facilities reporting vaccination data and Resident Impact and Facility Capacity (RIFC) Pathway data through the NHSN Vaccination and COVID-19 Modules.
Key Points:
- FDA approved updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines for this fall/winter season. The bivalent vaccines are no longer authorized (as of 9/12/2023).
- CDC recommends everyone aged 6 months and older should receive the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19 and to remain up-to-date.
- Under the new recommendations, most individuals will not be up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines until they receive the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine.
- The new definition of up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines will apply for NHSN surveillance beginning the week of September 25, 2023 – October 1, 2023 (the first week of reporting Quarter 4, 2023).
- The new definition applies to both the NHSN Weekly HCP and Resident Vaccination Forms and the NHSN COVID-19 Surveillance Pathways (RIFC Form).
Upcoming Trainings
Please register in advance and plan to attend the initial session and/or the replay to learn more about the new updates. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The initial webinar and the webinar replays will cover the same information; therefore, you may only need to attend once, but may attend more than one.
Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities (Initial)
When: September 18, 2023, 1:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities (Replay)
When: September 22, 2023, 1:00 PM Central (US and Canada)
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Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities (Replay)
When: September 25, 2023, 1:00 PM Central (US and Canada)
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Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities (Replay)
When: October 2, 2023, 1:00 PM Central (US and Canada)
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.For any questions, please send an email to the NHSN Helpdesk at NHSN@cdc.gov with “COVID-19 Vaccination” in the subject line of the e-mail, along with your facility type.