# Getting started

To launch the software, open installation folder (default is HWN2) and run the file HelicsWin.Net.exe.

1. From your desktop, click the HWN2 icon on your desktop.

or

1. Select Start > My Computer > System (C:) > HWN2> HelicsWin.Net.exe.

The splash screen appears:

2. Click Continue to go to the first (login) form.

3. Select the surveillance module (HAI-Net CDI, ICU, or PPS) from the Module drop-down list.

4. Select your country and language. You can add a language by translating the software.

The first time anyone uses this installation, the default password is helics. You will be prompted to change this the next time you log in. You can change your password in Settings later on.

Caution If you change your password, make sure you can remember it because there is no easy way to access your database files without that password.

The default language on installation is English. If you change to another language while logging in, HelicsWin.net will be remember your change for subsequent logins.

5. Click Login.

If you have not already defined any hospitals, you must define one now.

6. Click the Add item icon .

The fields in the upper part of the form open for editing.

7. Enter the hospital code—as provided by your National HAI Surveillance/PPS Coordinating Centre—and the hospital name.

8. Click the Save icon or press Ctrl+S to save the data as a record in the database.

9. Click Select this hospital to make changes to or view/enter data on this hospital.

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Working with HelicsWin.Net forms

HelicsWin.Net v2.2 Online User Guide v20160330
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