CLABSI, CAUTI or VAE Rate per 1,000 Device Days (NHSN)
CLABSI, CAUTI or VAE rate per 1,000 device days, as the NHSN Patient Safety Component Manual computes it.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Device and event
- Central line (CLABSI)
- Events in the period
- 5
- Device days
- 1850
Result: 2.70 CLABSIs per 1,000 central line days (5 ÷ 1,850 × 1,000).
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What you enter
- Device and event
- Events in the period
- Device days
- Episodes of mechanical ventilation (VAE only)
How this is calculated
Citation
CDC National Healthcare Safety Network. Patient Safety Component Manual, January 2026: CLABSI rate per 1,000 central line days (chapter 4), CAUTI rate per 1,000 urinary catheter days (chapter 7), VAE rate per 1,000 ventilator days and per 100 episodes of mechanical ventilation (chapter 10). Read the source ↗
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