Count Antimicrobial Days and Days Present From Rows (NHSN)

Counts NHSN antimicrobial days and days present from rows.

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Example

Administrations, one per line
A, Vancomycin, IV, 2025-12-01 07:00, MICU A, Vancomycin, IV, 2025-12-01 15:00, Medical Ward A, Vancomycin, IV, 2025-12-01 23:00, Medical Ward
Stays, one per line
A, MICU, 2025-11-30, 2025-12-01 A, Medical Ward, 2025-12-01, 2025-12-03

Result: 1 antimicrobial day and 4 days present, facility-wide inpatient, across 2 months.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What you enter

  • Administrations, one per line: patient, agent, route, date (YYYY-MM-DD), location
  • Stays, one per line: patient, location, date in, date out (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • Locations to leave out of the facility-wide counts, separated by commas
How this is calculated

Citation

CDC NHSN Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module protocol, July 2026: antimicrobial days (Tables 1 to 3), days present, and Appendix C worked examples. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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