Webinar: Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities

 

To: Federally Certified Skilled Nursing/Long Term Care Facilities - Administrators, Directors of Nursing, MDS Coordinators, Billing and Coding Personnel, Licensed Nursing Facilities Administrators From: The Health Facilities Education and Quality (HFEQ) Branch of the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division (HFEMSD) CMS and CDC's 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 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). Webinar Dates and Registration:   Topic: Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities (Replay)  When: September 25, 2023, 1:00PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Register in advance for this webinar using the above link.    Topic: Up to Date Vaccination Status: Surveillance Definition Change for Long Term Care Facilities (Replay)  When: October 2, 2023, 1:00PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Register in advance for this webinar using the above link.  Registration Information for Upcoming Training Webinars   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.    For any questions, please send an e-mail 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.   Wendy Castro - CDPHE  MDS State Training Coordinator  wendy.castro@state.co.us  303-692-2854