Comments of the proposed amendments to the state reporting regulations.

Measurement #2: "Central line-associated bloodstream infection in one adult inpatient medical ward and one adult impatient surgical ward are to be reported to NHSN. It would be very difficult to determine the denominator data on the Medical Surgical units. Without validation of the accuracy I cannot see this being a benefit.

Measurement #2 "Clostridium difficile infection", laboratory-identified. Collection of this data is not a benefit to either consumers or hospitals. Reporting of numbers of cases without taking into account local nursing homes or other facility, or when symptoms developed does not give an accurate picture to promote practices.

Measurement #3. "Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is already publicly reported and would be a duplication of efforts.

A reminder, if whatever the state decides to require, if validation or verification of data reporting is not apart of the State’s plan, then the accuracy of the data is not valid. All the time and effort used to report this invalid data could have been used to prevent them.