R386-705-5. Health Care Associated Infection Prevention

Each facility required to share data with the Department as described in Section R386-705-3 shall: (1) implement a process to prevent the incidence of any health care associated infection that is: (a) recommended by an accepted health authority, including the CDC or the federal Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC); or (b) proven by scientifically valid means to be effective in health care associated infection prevention; and (2) have a system to monitor the process in Subsection (1) and shall make information about it available upon request.