Update for LTCF Respiratory Pathogens, Vaccination, and Point of Care Modules

Below is important information regarding current technical issues in the application for the RPV and POC modules in the Long-term Care Facility Component. We thank you for your patience as we are working hard to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.

Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccination (RPV) Module

Healthcare Personnel (HCP) menu tab

The COVID-19 Vaccination – 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. We will inform users when the COVID-19 Vaccination – HCP tab has been restored.

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. We will inform users when the COVID-19 Vaccination – HCP line list within the RPV Summary folder is functioning as intended.

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. We will inform users when this function has been restored.

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.

Questions

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.