Sec. 98.103. REPORTABLE INFECTIONS. (a) A health care facility, other than a pediatric and adolescent hospital, shall report to the department the incidence of surgical site infections, including the causative pathogen if the infection is laboratory-confirmed, occurring in the following procedures:
(1) colon surgeries;
(2) hip arthroplasties;
(3) knee arthroplasties;
(4) abdominal hysterectomies;
(5) vaginal hysterectomies;
(6) coronary artery bypass grafts; and
(7) vascular procedures.
(b) A pediatric and adolescent hospital shall report the incidence of surgical site infections, including the causative pathogen if the infection is laboratory-confirmed, occurring in the following procedures to the department:
(1) cardiac procedures, excluding thoracic cardiac procedures;
(2) ventricular shunt procedures; and
(3) spinal surgery with instrumentation.
(c) A general hospital shall report the following to the department:
(1) the incidence of laboratory-confirmed central line-associated primary bloodstream infections, including the causative pathogen, occurring in any special care setting in the hospital; and
(2) the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus occurring in any pediatric inpatient unit in the hospital.
(d) The department shall ensure that the health care-associated infections a health care facility is required to report under this section have the meanings assigned by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(d-1) The executive commissioner by rule may designate the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network, or its successor, to receive reports of health care-associated infections from health care facilities on behalf of the department. A health care facility must file a report required in accordance with a designation made under this subsection in accordance with the National Healthcare Safety Network's definitions, methods, requirements, and procedures. A health care facility shall authorize the department to have access to facility-specific data contained in a report filed with the National Healthcare Safety Network in accordance with a designation made under this subsection.
(e) A report made under this section must specify whether the infection resulted in the death of the patient while hospitalized.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 288), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 369 (H.B. 1362), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 724 (S.B. 203), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 28, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1072 (H.B. 3285), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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