Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.75 - Infection Control
a) Each agency
shall develop and implement policies and procedures for investigating,
controlling and preventing infections. Placement agencies shall provide to
in-home services workers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
publication "Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings".
b) Each agency shall adhere, at a minimum and
as appropriate, to the guidelines of the CDC, United States Public Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, as incorporated in Section
245.25(c).
c) The home health agency shall maintain and
document an infection control program to prevent and control infections and
communicable diseases. Under that program, the agency shall:
1) Follow accepted standards of practice,
including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of
infections and communicable diseases;
2) Maintain a coordinated agency-wide program
for the surveillance, identification, prevention, control and investigation of
infectious and communicable disease that is an integral part of the agency's
QAPI program; and
3) Provide
infection control education to staff, patients and caregivers.
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