Online training on National Healthcare Safety Network available March 20-24
The National Healthcare Safety Network will webcast on March 20-24 its annual training program for people who use the system to submit data on healthcare-associated infections for acute-care or long-term care facilities, or to identify opportunities to improve patient safety. Topics will include NHSN data collection methods, submission requirements and analysis options. For more information and to access the training online, visit https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/training/annualtraining.html.
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