26 Tex. Admin. Code § 509.55 - Infection Control
(a) The facility
shall provide a sanitary environment to avoid sources and transmission of
infections and communicable diseases. The facility shall have an infection
control program for prevention, control, and surveillance of infections and
communicable diseases.
(1) The facility shall
designate an infection control professional. The facility shall adopt,
implement, and enforce policies governing prevention, control, and surveillance
of infections and communicable diseases.
(2) The facility shall have a system for
identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling health care-associated
infections and communicable diseases between patients and personnel.
(3) The infection control professional shall
maintain a log of all reportable diseases and health care-associated infections
designated as epidemiologically significant according to the facility's
infection control policies.
(4) The
facility shall adopt, implement, and enforce a written policy for reporting all
reportable diseases to the local health authority and the Texas Department of
State Health Services Infectious Disease Prevention Section, in accordance with
25 TAC Chapter 97 (relating to Communicable Diseases).
(5) The infection control program shall
include active participation by the medical staff, nursing staff, pharmacist,
and other practitioners as appropriate.
(b) The medical director is responsible for
ensuring the facility-wide quality assessment and performance improvement
program and training programs address problems identified by the infection
control professional.
(c) The
medical director is responsible for ensuring that the facility implements
successful corrective action plans in affected problem areas.
(d) The facility shall adopt, implement, and
enforce a written policy to monitor compliance of the facility and its
personnel and medical staff with universal precautions in accordance with Texas
Health and Safety Code Chapter 85 (relating to Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection).
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