In February 2012, the Colorado Board of Health passed Rule 6 CCR 1011-1 Chap 02, regarding influenza vaccination of employees in licensed health care facilities. The goal of this rule is to promote patient safety by protecting vulnerable patients from influenza. The rule is designed to encourage health care facilities that are already appropriately implementing strategies to prevent influenza, to do so, to assist those that can improve, and to prompt others to adopt effective policies to prevent influenza. For influenza vaccination mandates go to the Immunization Action Coalition's Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll.
Board of Health rule
For general questions about the BOH rule, please call 303-692-2789.
Reporting
Report health care worker influenza vaccination data through the Colorado Health Facilities Interactive (COHFI) system. For questions about reporting data through the health facilities portal, please call 303-692-2868 or you can view instructions and definitions in the COHFI user manual.
Report health care worker influenza vaccination data through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). For questions about reporting data through NHSN, please call 303-692-2923.
Please view the documents below for further instructions, including screenshots of the reporting systems.
Health Facilities Portal
For questions about reporting data through the health facilities portal, email cohfi.support@state.co.us or call (303) 692-2836.
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN):
Log in to NHSN. For trouble accessing or reporting through NHSN, please call 1-866-800-8756 or send an email to NHSN@cdc.gov, and in the subject line include “HCW Flu Reporting.”