Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 690 - CONTROL OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CODE
Subpart J - REGISTRIES
Section 690.1540 - Availability of Information

Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 690.1540

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

a) The Department will use information in the XDRO Registry for the following purposes:

1) To provide appropriate information to a physician or institution providing care or treatment to a person;

2) To alert health care facilities of the admission of a patient with an XDRO infection;

3) To assess the burden of XDROs in health care facilities located in Illinois; and

4) To identify clusters or outbreaks requiring response efforts for containment of further transmission, including, but not limited to, cohorting, isolation, point prevalence surveys, and other infection control activities recommended by the CDC based on the clinical conditions of patients or residents, XDRO prevalence, and other factors.

b) The Department will maintain the confidentiality of information in the XDRO Registry that would identify individual patients. The Department will handle confidentiality of XDRO Registry information as set forth in Section 690.200(d).

c) The Department may release summary statistics from the XDRO Registry to highlight or prevent a population based public health problem or to highlight the State or regional burden of XDROs. Any summary statistics released by the Department will not reveal the identity of the reporting health care facility or a patient.

d) The availability of XDRO Registry information will be in accordance with the Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 840.30(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j) and (k)), and Section 690.200 of this Part.

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