HL7 Terminology
2.1.0 - Publication

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NamingSystem: CDC - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) code system

Summary

Defining URLhttp://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/cdcNHSN
NameCdcNHSN
Statusactive
Definition

CDC - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) code system - A set of patient safety and healthcare personnel safety vocabulary concepts and associated identifiers maintained as a code system by the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network. CDC NHSN is planning to use these code system concepts in the HAI implementation guide. These concepts would be submitted for the HL7 Ballot (Dec 2008). CDC NHSN can provide complete list of concepts, identifiers and extended attributes for this code system.

PublisherHL7

Identifiers

TypeValuePreferred
OID2.16.840.1.113883.6.277true
URIhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/cdcNHSNtrue