California Health and Safety Code

§ 1288.55

HSC § 1288.55 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

(a)(1) Each health facility, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1255.8, shall quarterly report all cases of health-care-associated MRSA bloodstream infection, health-care-associated clostridium difficile infection, and health-care-associated Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bloodstream infection, and the number of inpatient days.

(2)Each health facility shall report quarterly to the department all central line associated bloodstream infections and the total central line days.

(3)Each health facility shall report quarterly to the department all health-care-associated surgical site infections of deep or organ space surgical sites, health-care-associated infections of orthopedic surgical sites, cardiac surgical sites, and gastrointestinal surgical sites designated as clean and clean-contaminated, and the number of surgeries involving deep or organ space, and orthopedic, cardiac, and gastrointestinal surgeries designated clean and clean-contaminated.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 296, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.