Update
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
2010 CMS STANDARDS...Are you in compliance?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has received a 50 million dollar grant to enforce infection control standards which include:
- CDC Guidelines on Safe Injection Practices
- H1N1
- Communicable Disease Prevention Program
- Aerosol Transmissable Disease Prevention Program (ATD's)
- MRSA
- New Healthcare Associated Disease (HAI) Reporting Requirements for Ambulatory Surgery Center
Your ASC monitoring activities should address the following:
- An explicit infection control program to include policies and procedures according to current CDC standards and/or accrediting body guidelines.
- A designated health professional who meets the credential requirements as specified by CMS.
- Implementation of nationally recognized infection control guidelines specifically to include processes to:
- Identify risks for acquiring and transmitting infections
- Reduce the risk of infections associated with medical equipment, devices, and supplies through sound cleaning, disinfecting and sterilization practices
- Label all medications, medication containers, syringes and other solutions on and off the sterile field in peri-operative and other procedural settings
- Required annual Infection Prevention and Control training for all staff.
- Provisions for and implementation of reporting of State notifiable diseases and conditions.
MOVING THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE FORWARD