Entities Required to Submit and Query Information

Section 690.1510  Entities Required to Submit and Query Information a)         The Department requires the following health care facilities to report patient incident information regarding extensively drug-resistant organisms (XDROs): 1)         Hospitals; 2)         Hospital-affiliated clinical laboratories; 3)         Independent or free-standing laboratories; 4)         Long-term care facilities; 5)         Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs); 6)         Dialysis centers; 7)         Specialized mental health rehabilitation facilities; and 8)         Other high-risk health care facilities serving high-risk patients. b)         The Department requires the following health care facilities to query or implement alert notification with the XDRO Registry in order to identify new admissions with XDROs: 1)         Hospitals; 2)         Long-term acute care hospitals; 3)         Skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities; and 4)         Dialysis centers.