South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:75 - Hospital, specialized Hospital critical access Hospital, and rural emergency Hospital facilities
Chapter 44:75:02 - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Section 44:75:02:10.01 - Antibiotic stewardship program
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024
Each facility shall have an active facility-wide program for the optimization of antibiotic use through stewardship. The program must demonstrate adherence to nationally recognized best practices for improving antibiotic use and reducing antibiotic-resistant organisms.
Each facility shall, based on recommendations from the facility's medical and pharmacy leadership, appoint an antibiotic stewardship director who is qualified through education, training, experience, or certification in infectious disease or antibiotic stewardship, to be responsible for the antibiotic stewardship program including:
(1) Developing and implementing policies and procedures for facility-wide antibiotic stewardship to monitor and improve the facility's use of antibiotics that reflect the scope and complexity of services furnished by the facility;
(2) Documenting antibiotic stewardship activities to include sustained improvements, in proper antibiotic use;
(3) Communicating and collaborating with medical, nursing, and pharmacy personnel and with the quality assessment and performance program required by § 44:75:04:14 and the infection prevention and control program required by § 44:75:02:10 on antibiotic stewardship issues;
(4) Ensuring competency-based training and education is provided to healthcare personnel on the practical application of antibiotic stewardship guidelines, policies, and procedures; and (5) Auditing adherence to the facility's antibiotic stewardship policies.
The governing body of each facility shall ensure a system is in place and operational for the tracking of all antibiotic use activities to demonstrate implementation, success, and sustainability of activities.
General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(1), 34-22-9(8).
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13.
