Rule 15-16-1-3.17.1 - Infection Control Procedures Each Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility shall have written infection control procedures to include at least the following:
1. The Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility shall contain an isolation room with one large glass area for observation of the child. Isolation procedures shall be used to prevent cross-contamination. The room shall be equipped with emergency outlets and equipment as necessary to provide care to the child. A bathroom accessible to the isolation room but separate from the other Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility's rooms is required. Procedures must address that all equipment must be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized when brought into the isolation room and upon removal from the room; 2. All cribs and beds shall be labeled with the individual child's name. Linens are to be maintained clean and in good repair and shall be removed for laundering whenever soiled or needed; however, laundering of all linens shall occur, at a minimum, on a weekly basis; 3. Antibacterial soap and disposable paper towels shall be maintained at each sink and lavatory. Policy shall address that staff shall wash their hands between each treatment and care interaction with a child for which the hands may become contaminated/soiled; 4. Children suspected of having a communicable disease, which may be contacted through casual contact, as determined by the facility's medical director, shall be isolated; the parent(s) shall be notified of the condition; and the child shall be removed from the Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility as soon as possible. When the communicable disease is no longer present; as evidenced by a written physician's statement, the child may return to the Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility; and 5. Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility staff suspected of having a communicable disease shall not return to the Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility until all signs and symptoms which relate to the communicable disease are no longer evident, as evidenced by a written physician's statement. 15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-3.17.1
Mississippi Code Annotated § 43-13-117