The criteria are revised and new versions of NHSN are published periodically.7 In Brazil, the control of HAIs was regulated in 1983 by Decree

196/1983, revoked by Decrees 930/92 and 2616/1998.5 Since 1994, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has adopted the use of the method proposed by NNIS as a recommendation for epidemiological surveillance of HAIs in Brazilian hospitals, with the publication of the manual’s translation. Thus, the NHSN protocols constitute the reference guide for epidemiological Ipilimumab molecular weight surveillance and reporting of HAIs in Brazilian hospitals.6 The NNIS method was officially adopted by the HICC of the Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (HC/UFMG), Belo

Horizonte, Brazil, in 1994, controlling data collection, diagnosis, and reporting of HAIs. Since 2008, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária ‐ ANVISA) has published manuals that address definitions, indicators, and strategies related to the prevention of major HAIs. The national criteria for surveillance of HAIs in neonatology were published in 2008 and updated in 2010, with the goal of standardizing epidemiological surveillance, targeting control actions, and allowing for the comparison of indicators between

Brazilian institutions.8 However, due to the scarcity of published consolidated national data on the incidence of HAIs, especially in neonatology, 17-AAG cell line Amylase the monitoring of these indicators in Brazilian institutions is usually performed through comparisons with U.S. data, obtained by NHSN reports, published annually. The use of epidemiological surveillance criteria defined by the CDC does not represent the current infection control situation in Brazilian institutions.2 and 8 Considering the introduction of ANVISA criteria for epidemiological surveillance in neonatology and the service routine at HC/UFMG using the CDC/NHSN method since 1994, it is important to assess the progress and contributions of the national proposal. Thus, this study aimed to assess the implementation of national criteria for the reporting of HAIs8 to the epidemiological surveillance, and to compare them with the international criteria proposed by the NHSN7 used in a neonatal unit of a referral university hospital. This was a cross‐sectional study conducted from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011, at the Neonatal Progressive Care Unit (NPCU) of HC/UFMG. HC/UFMG is a university, general public referral hospital that belongs to the municipal and state public healthcare system.