NHSN Office Hours - Feb. 18, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

To: Acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, critical access hospitals, outpatient hemodialysis centers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term acute care hospitals, pediatric hospitals From: The Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Program at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) The CDPHE HAI AR program provides quarterly National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) office hours. These are held in conjunction with the NHSN Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Module (AUR) office hours. These are a great way to connect with the HAI/AR program at CDPHE, and get your questions answered regarding antimicrobial stewardship, HAIs, or NHSN reporting.  The next NHSN office hours will be held on February 18, 2026, from 1:00 to 1:45 p.m Mountain Time via Zoom. You can register here. We will discuss updates to the HAI Annual Report and NHSN AUR module. There will also be a Q&A section, so bring any questions you might have. Office hours Zoom registration:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqde6trzosHNIP_z82D2fBf9EAAdRmp4gE For further information, please contact the CDPHE HAI AR program, cdphe_hai_ar@state.co.us.

HAI Advisory Committee Meeting - Jan. 27, 2026 - Possible of removal of reportable healthcare-associated infections from the HAI Annual Report

To: Health care facility administrators and infection preventionists in acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals. From: The Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Program, CDPHE We invite stakeholders to attend the HAI Advisory Committee Meeting from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2026. During the meeting, the HAI Advisory Committee will discuss whether to remove the following conditions from the list of reportable conditions and from the HAI Annual Report: Surgical site infections (SSIs) following outpatient colon surgeries in acute care hospitals Central line-associated bloodstream infections in critical access hospitals SSIs following surgeries in critical access hospitals: inpatient hysterectomies, outpatient hysterectomies, inpatient breast surgeries, outpatient breast surgeries, outpatient colon surgeries, and  outpatient hip surgeries. The HAI Advisory Committee is considering removal of these reportable conditions, because small numbers of procedures and data suppression rules contribute to tables empty of data in the HAI Annual Report; however, the Committee must also consider whether the low numbers of procedures and infections may be due to underreporting, as well as alternative quality measures. Please join the remote HAI Advisory Committee Meeting on Jan. 27, as we value your input. To receive the Zoom link, contact cdphe_hai_ar@state.co.us. The meeting agenda will be posted on our webpage 24 hours in advance.