The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued information on requirements for reporting data on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network beginning in January. Hospitals must report CLABSI rates for adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit patients to receive a full payment update in fiscal year 2013 under the inpatient prospective payment system. Hospitals participating in the hospital quality reporting program that have ICUs must submit the data quarterly, whether or not they have central-line days, CMS said. Hospitals that do not have ICU beds currently are not required to enroll in the NHSN. More on NHSN reporting requirements.

(Adapted from AHA News Nov 9, 2010)