National Healthcare Safety Network Technical Issues Reported

Below is important information regarding current technical issues in the application for the Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccinations (RPV) and Point of Care (POC) modules in the Long-term Care Facility Component of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The NHSN team says they are working hard to resolve these issues as quickly as possible and will inform users when they have been resolved.

Current Issues in the RPV Module

• Healthcare Personnel (HCP) menu tab: The COVID-19 Vaccination – The HCP tab is not currently visible from the menu when you hover over Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccination on the home page. This form was not removed, and there are no changes in reporting requirements. You can still access this form by clicking RPV Summary and selecting the reporting week from the calendar view.
• Analysis and Reporting – HCP: To view HCP COVID-19 Vaccination data, please utilize the report titled “Line Listing – All COVID-19 Vaccination Cumulative Summary Data – HCP” under Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccination > Archived > COVID-19 Vaccination. Currently, the version of this report in the RPV Summary folder is not working appropriately, however the line list mentioned above in the Archived folder will populate the HCP data appropriately.

Current Issues in the Archived: COVID-19/Respiratory Pathogens Surveillance Pathways Module 

There is a technical issue with the COVID-19/Respiratory Pathogens Surveillance Pathways Module preventing users from adding and/or editing data for dates prior to 9/30/24. The issue is occurring for both facility and group users.

Current Issues in the Point of Care Module

There is a technical issue in the Point of Care (POC) test result reporting tool requiring an answer to be selected for gender identity, even though this question is not indicated as a required field for manual test result data entry. This issue does not affect .csv uploads.

Additional Questions

If you have any questions regarding the above NHSN modules, please use NHSN-ServiceNow to submit questions to the NHSN Help Desk. The portal can be accessed here or through your CDC Secure Access Management Services (SAMS) account. After logging into SAMS, the NHSN-ServiceNow is located at the bottom at the bottom of the page.