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 .5102 - POLICY AND PROCEDURES
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13B .5102
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Each facility department or service shall establish and maintain the following written infection control policies and procedures:
(1) the role and scope of the service or
department in the infection control program;
(2) the role and scope of surveillance
activities in the infection control program;
(3) the methodology used to collect and
analyze data, maintain a surveillance program on nosocomial infection, and the
control and prevention of infection;
(4) the specific precautions to be used to
prevent the transmission of infection and isolation methods to be
utilized;
(5) the method of
sterilization and storage of equipment and supplies, including the reprocessing
of disposable items;
(6) the
cleaning of patient care areas and equipment;
(7) the cleaning of non-patient care areas;
and
(8) exposure control
plans.
(b) The infection control committee shall approve all infection control policies and procedures. The committee shall review all policies and procedures every three years and indicate the last date of review.
(c) The infection control committee shall meet quarterly and maintain minutes of meetings.
Authority
G.S.
131E-79;
Eff. January 1,
1996.
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