Indiana Administrative Code
Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Article 26.5 - ABORTION CLINICS PERFORMING DRUG INDUCED ABORTIONS
Rule 12 - Infection Control Program
Section 12-1 - Infection control administration
Universal Citation: 410 IN Admin Code 12-1
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-21-1-7; IC 16-21-2-2.5
Affected: IC 16-21-1; IC 16-21-2
Sec. 1.
(a) The clinic must do the following:
(1) Provide a
safe and healthful environment that minimizes infection exposure and risk to
the following:
(A) Patients.
(B) Health care workers.
(C) Persons who accompany patients.
(2) Maintain a written infection
control policy that provides for an active and effective clinic-wide infection
control program. The policy must include a system designed for the:
(A) identification;
(B) surveillance;
(C) investigation;
(D) control; and
(E) prevention; of infections and
communicable diseases in patients and health care workers.
(b) The infection control program must identify and evaluate trends or clusters of clinic generated infections or communicable diseases.
(c) The clinic must designate a person qualified by training or experience as responsible for the following:
(1) Ongoing infection control
activities.
(2) The development and
implementation of policies governing control of infections and communicable
diseases.
(d) The clinic administrator must do the following:
(1) Be
responsible for the implementation of successful corrective action plans in
affected problem areas and ensure that infection control policies are
followed.
(2) Provide for
appropriate infection control input into plans for renovation and new
construction to ensure awareness of federal, state, and local rules that affect
infection control practices as well as plan for appropriate protection of
patients and employees during construction or renovation.
(e) The clinic must establish a committee to monitor and guide the infection control program in the clinic as follows:
(1) The infection control committee must meet
at least quarterly. Membership must include, but is not limited to, the
following:
(A) The person directly
responsible for management of the infection surveillance, prevention, and
control program as established in subsection (c).
(B) The medical director.
(C) A representative from the nursing staff
(if the clinic employs a licensed nurse).
(D) Representatives from other appropriate
services within the clinic as needed.
(2) The infection control committee
responsibilities must include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) Establishing techniques and systems for:
(i) identifying;
(ii) reviewing; and
(iii) reporting; infections in the
clinic.
(B) Recommending
corrective action plans, reviewing outcomes, and ensuring resolution of
identified problems.
(C) Reviewing
employee exposure incidents and making appropriate recommendations to minimize
risk.
(D) Written reports of
quarterly meetings.
(E) Reviewing
and recommending changes in procedures, policies, and programs that are
pertinent to infection control. These include, but are not limited to, the
following:
(i) Sanitation.
(ii) Universal precautions, including
infectious waste management.
(iii)
Cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
(iv) Aseptic technique and equipment
usage.
(v) Reuse of
disposables.
(vi) A system for
handling patients with communicable diseases.
(vii) A system, which complies with state and
federal law, to monitor the immune status of health care workers exposed to
communicable diseases.
(viii) An
employee health program to determine the communicable disease history of new
personnel as well as an ongoing program for current personnel as required by
state and federal agencies.
(ix)
Requirements for personal hygiene and attire that meet acceptable standards of
practice.
(x) A program of linen
management.
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