Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.03.22 - RESIDENTIAL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Section 16.03.22.335 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INFECTION CONTROL

Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 16.03.22.335

Current through September 2, 2024

The administrator is responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures consistent with recognized standards that control and prevent infections for both staff and residents are developed and implemented throughout the facility, to include:

01. Staff with an Infectious Disease. Staff with an infectious disease must not work until the infectious stage no longer exists or must be reassigned to a work area where contact with others is not expected and likelihood of transmission of infection is absent.

02. Standard Precautions. Standard precautions must be used in the care of residents to prevent transmission of infectious disease according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. These guidelines may be accessed on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/hai/.

03. Reporting of Individual with an Infectious Disease. The name of any resident or facility personnel with a reportable disease listed in IDAPA 16.02.10, "Idaho Reportable Diseases," must be reported immediately to the local health district authority with appropriate infection control procedures immediately implemented as directed by that local health authority.

Effective March 15, 2022

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