§51.190. Infection control.
38 C.F.R. § 51.190
The facility management must establish and maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection.
Infection control program. The facility management must establish an infection control program under which it—
Investigates, controls, and prevents infections in the facility;
Decides what procedures, such as isolation, should be applied to an individual resident; and
Maintains a record of incidents and corrective actions related to infections.
Preventing spread of infection.
When the infection control program determines that a resident needs isolation to prevent the spread of infection, the facility management must isolate the resident.
The facility management must prohibit employees with a communicable disease or infected skin lesions from engaging in any contact with residents or their environment that would transmit the disease.
The facility management must require staff to wash their hands after each direct resident contact for which hand washing is indicated by accepted professional practice.
Linens. Personnel must handle, store, process, and transport linens so as to prevent the spread of infection.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[65 FR 968, Jan. 6, 2000, as amended at 74 FR 19434, Apr. 29, 2009]
Authority
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 1710, 1720, 1741-1743, 1745, and as follows. Section 51.20 and 51.30 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 511, 1742, 7104 and 7105. Section 51.42 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 510, 1744, and Pub. L. 116-315 section 3007. Section 51.43 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 1712. Section 51.51 also issued under Pub. L. 116-315 section 3007. Section 51.310 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 1720(f).
Source
Source: 65 FR 968, Jan. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[65 FR 968, Jan. 6, 2000, as amended at 74 FR 19434, Apr. 29, 2009]