210 ILCS 85/6.23

Current through Public Act 103-1056

Section 210 ILCS 85/6.23 - Prevention and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

Each hospital shall develop and implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB), that take into consideration guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. The Department shall adopt administrative rules that require hospitals to perform an annual facility-wide infection control risk assessment and enforce hand hygiene and contact precaution requirements.

210 ILCS 85/6.23

Added by P.A. 095-0282,§ 20, eff. 8/20/2007.

See also 210 ILCS 85/6.24, which has been renumbered from 210 ILCS 85/6.23.