208. HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

208 HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS 208.1 Acute care, ambulatory, long-term acute care, skilled nursing, and outpatient renal dialysis facilities shall permit the Director access through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to data on health care-associated infections (HAIs)). Each of these facilities shall report the following HAIs according to the definitions provided in the most current edition of the NHSN manual (http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/). (a) Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs); (b) Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs); (c) Surgical site infections (SSI): (1) SSI: Abdominal hysterectomy; and (2) SSI: Colon surgery; (d) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); (e) Clostridium difficile (C.difficile); (f) Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriacae (CRE); and (g) An infection considered of public health concern by the Director. 208.2 All health care facilities shall report a confirmed or suspected HAI outbreak (as defined in § 299.1) to the Director by telephone or in writing within twenty-four (24) hours. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 848 (January 23, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 15116 (December 9, 2016). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Public Health and Medicine 22-B DCMR § 208