Beginning with data reported for the week of January 1-7, 2024, the Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Healthcare Personnel (HCP) form will no longer collect information on primary series vaccination.
The NHSN Vaccination Team will be hosting webinars to review these important changes.
Summary form changes take place January 1, 2024 (Quarter 1, 2024):
- Questions related to COVID-19 primary series vaccination will be removed.
- Questions on reasons why an individual has not received vaccine (medical contraindication, declined, or other/unknown vaccination status) will relate to an individual’s up-to-date vaccination status.
- The question asking “number of HCP who are up to date” will be moved up on the form to Question #2.
- During Quarter 1 2024, HCP should not be considered up to date for COVID-19 vaccination unless they received the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine.
NOTE: Most HCP who previously had complete primary series should NOT be counted in Question #2 (up to date).
Registration Information for Upcoming Training Webinars:
Please register in advance and plan to attend the initial session and/or the replays to learn more about the new updates. The initial webinar is January 4, 2024, the webinar replays on January 9, 2024 & January 16, 2024, will cover the same information. Therefore, you only need to attend once.
The webinar slides will be posted to the site prior to January 4, 2024. The registration information seen below is also available at LTCF | Weekly HCP & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination | NHSN | CDC.
Initial Session: Thursday, January 4th
When: Thursday, January 4, 2024, 1:30-2:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Updates to Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Healthcare Personnel Summary Form for January 2024: Long Term Care Component
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_3CPOEhCYQp-bEXz1JexBaA
Replay Session: Tuesday, January 9th
When: Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 2:30-3:30PM PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Updates to Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Healthcare Personnel Summary Form for January 2024: Long Term Care Component
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_woL3InfGQkKXa8mCK26_-w
Replay Session: Tuesday, January 16th
When: Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 1:30-2:30PM PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Replay: Updates to Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Healthcare Personnel Summary Form: Long Term Care Component
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_TZHB8MsHQ0atRx9N3tNRuA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Please use NHSN-ServiceNow to submit questions to the NHSN Help Desk. The new portal can be accessed here and should be used in place of nhsn@cdc.gov, nhsntrain@cdc.gov, and nhsndua@cdc.gov. ServiceNow will help the NHSN team respond to your questions faster. Users will be authenticated using CDC’s Secure Access Management Services (SAMS), the same way you access NHSN. If you do not have a SAMS login, or are unable to access ServiceNow, you can still email the NHSN Help Desk at nhsn@cdc.gov.
We appreciate your efforts with reporting these data through NHSN.