N.J. Admin. Code § 8:42C-10.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 8:42C-10.3 - Infection control measures

(a) The hospice shall follow all recommendations in the following publications of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented:

1. Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009, available on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/cauti-guidelines-H.pdf;

2. Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011, updated October 2017, available on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/bsi-guidelines-H.pdf;

3. Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (2017), available on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/ssi/index.html;

4. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings, CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2002, Volume 51 (RR16), available on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5116.pdf;

5. Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (October 2019), available on the CDC website at https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/82043;

6. Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 2003, Volume 52 (RR10), updated July 2019, available on the CDC website at: https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/environmental-guidelines-P.pdf;

7. 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (last update July 2023), available on the CDC website at: https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/Isolation-guidelines-H.pdf;

8. Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006, available on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/mdro-guidelines.pdf; and

9. Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003, available on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/guidelines/healthcare-associated-pneumonia-H.pdf.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:42C-10.3

Amended by R.2010 d.106, effective 6/21/2010.
See: 42 N.J.R. 25(a), 42 N.J.R. 1192(b).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2021 d.040, effective 5/3/2021.
See: 51 N.J.R. 1312(a), 53 N.J.R. 700(b).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a) and the introductory paragraph of (b); and in (b)2, substituted "telephonic" for "verbal" and "and" for "or".
Notice of readoption with technical change, effective 3/18/2024.
See: 56 N.J.R. 410(b).