Q:
Under the NHSN Data Reporting, who is included in contracted and vendor HCP (healthcare personnel) for vaccination reporting?
A:
After the NHSN COVID-19 Vaccination Team held webinars in November 2021 that reviewed frequently asked questions (FAQs) and data entry for the COVID-19 Vaccination Modules, they clarified their guidance regarding how to report COVID-19 vaccination data for individuals considered vendors. Updates and clarifications are bolded and underlined below:
The list below includes examples of contracted and vendor HCP who provide direct patient care and who perform non-direct or non-patient care duties. This list is not exhaustive.
Contracted and vendor HCP can include the following non-employee care providers who may or may not be involved in patient care:
- Admitting staff/clerical support/registrars
- Agency nurses
- Ambulance drives (who enter the facility to assist with transportation)
- Biomedical engineers
- Central supply staff
- Chaplains
- Construction workers (working inside the facility)
- Dietary/food service staff
- Dieticians
- Dialysis technicians
- EKG technicians
- EMG technicians
- Home health aides
- Housekeeping staff
- Information Technology staff
- Laboratory: Phlebotomists
- Laboratory: Technicians
- Landscapers (working inside the facility)
- Laundry staff
- Maintenance staff/engineers
- Nursing aides
- Occupational therapists
- Patient care technicians
- Patient transporters
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy/medication technicians
- Physical therapists
- Psychologists
- Psychology technicians/Mental health workers
- Radiology: X-ray technicians
- Recreational therapists/Music therapists
- Respiratory therapists
- Security staff
- Social workers/Case managers
- Speech therapists
- Surgical technicians
- Traveling nurses
- Ultrasound technicians
- Utilization review nurses
Janine Lehman, RN, RAC-CT, CLNC
Director of Legal Nurse Consulting
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