Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services
Article 1 - Control of Diseases of Public Health Importance
7 AAC 27.019 - Reporting of health care-associated infections

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 27.019

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) A facility or entity that is required under federal law to report health care-associated infection data to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shall grant the department access to the following reported information:

(1) the name of the facility or entity;

(2) all health care-associated infection information submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), as required by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for that facility or entity type.

(b) The information obtained by the department under (a) of this section may be used by the department for surveillance and prevention purposes.

(c) The department may issue reports to the public regarding health care-associated infections in aggregate data form, and identify individual facilities or entities. In the state-issued reports, the department will use a methodology that is consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's requirements for national reporting of health care-associated infections.

Authority:AS 18.05.040

AS 18.15.355

AS 18.15.362

AS 18.15.370

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