| Last Action | to Health & Welfare (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to health facility-acquired infections. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Bill Request Number | 844 |
| Sponsor | V. McGaha |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; state legislative findings about acquired infections and increasing prevalence in health care settings, the costs to treat patients with acquired infections, and that infections are preventable; require health care facilities to implement infection prevention programs in high risk areas and throughout the facility by January 1, 2009; require implementation of best practices that include identification of infected patients, contact precautions, cultures upon discharge or transfer, hand washing, written infection prevention and control policy, public posting of policies, and worker and staff education programs; require health facilities to report data on health-facility acquired infection rates and multi-drug resistant infections; require cabinet to include data on acquired infections in its dissemination of information under KRS 216.2921; permit the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; require report to Governor and Legislative Research Commission; establish penalties for violations. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Diseases - Infection, health facility-acquired, report rates Drugs and Medicines - Infection, health facility-acquired, report rates Health and Medical Services - Infection, health facility-acquired, report rates Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Infection, health facility-acquired, report rates State Agencies - Infection, health facility-acquired, report rates Diseases - Infection, health facility-acquired, prevention procedures Drugs and Medicines - Infection, health facility-acquired, prevention procedures Health and Medical Services - Infection, health facility-acquired, prevention procedures Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Infection, health facility-acquired, prevention procedures State Agencies - Infection, health facility-acquired, prevention procedures |
| 02/25/08 |
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| 02/27/08 |
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