North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .5100 - INFECTION CONTROL
Section 13B .5101 - ORGANIZATION
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The governing body shall establish and maintain an infection control program that includes all patient care and patient care support services and departments for the surveillance, prevention and control of infection.
(b) The infection control committee shall include representatives of the medical staff, nursing staff, administration and the person directly responsible for the surveillance program activities.
(c) The infection control committee shall assume responsibility for the infection control program.
(d) The facility shall designate a person to manage the infection control, prevention and surveillance program.
(e) The infection control committee shall involve facility departments and services as needed to maintain the infection control program.
Authority
G.S.
131E-79;
Eff. January 1,
1996;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 22,
2017.
