ARTICLE 3.5. Hospital Infectious Disease Control Program

Article 3.5 added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 526, Sec. 2.

§§ 1288.45–1288.95 · 9 sections

• § 1288.45 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Advisory committee” or “HAI-AC” means the Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory…
• § 1288.5 (a) By July 1, 2007, the department shall appoint a Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee (HAI-AC) that shall make recommendations related to…
• § 1288.55 (a) (1) Each health facility, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1255.8, shall quarterly report all cases of health-care-associated MRSA…
• § 1288.6 (a) (1) Each general acute care hospital, in collaboration with infection prevention and control professionals, and with the participation of senior health…
• § 1288.7 By July 1, 2007, the department shall require that each general acute care hospital, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control guidelines, take all of…
• § 1288.8 (a) By January 1, 2008, the department shall take all of the following actions to protect against HAI in general acute care hospitals statewide: (1) Implement…
• § 1288.85 Each general acute care hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, shall do all of the following by July 1, 2015: (a) Adopt and implement an…
• § 1288.9 By January 1, 2009, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Require each general acute care hospital to develop, implement, and periodically evaluate…
• § 1288.95 (a) No later than January 1, 2010, a physician designated as a hospital epidemiologist or infection surveillance, prevention, and control committee chairperson…