Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-150 - Nursing Care Facility
Section R432-150-11 - Quality Assurance
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-150-11
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The administrator shall develop and follow a well-defined quality assurance plan designed to improve resident care that:
(a)
includes a system for the collection of data indicators;
(b) includes an incident reporting system to
identify problems, concerns, and opportunities for improvement of resident
care;
(c) implements a system to
assess identified problems, concerns, and opportunities for improvement;
and
(d) implements actions that are
designed to eliminate identified problems and improve resident care.
(2) The licensee shall ensure the quality assurance plan includes a quality assurance committee that functions as follows:
(a) documents committee meeting
minutes including any corrective actions and results;
(b) conducts quarterly meetings and reports
findings, concerns and actions to the administrator and governing body;
and
(c) coordinates input of data
indicators from any provided services and other departments as determined by
the resident plan of care and facility scope of services.
(3) The licensee shall ensure incident and accident reports:
(a) are available for
department and quality assurance committee review;
(b) are numbered and logged in a manner to
account for each filed report; and
(c) have space for written comments by the
administrator or medical director.
(4) The licensee shall ensure infection reporting is integrated into the quality assurance plan and is reported to the department in accordance with Rule R386-702, Communicable Disease Rule.
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