Infection Control Program Sample Clauses

Infection Control Program. CONTRACTOR shall provide for an Infection Control Program at the Facility pursuant to FDC’s Infection Control Manual, policy, procedure and HSB. The program shall include, but is not limited to, concurrent surveillance of patients and staff, prevention techniques, and treatment and reporting of infections in accordance with local and state laws.
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Infection Control Program. 1. The School Board shall adhere to all Broward County Department of Public Health postings. 2. All employees shall annually review the video, “Universal Precautions,” advised by OSHA, as well as the information packages on asbestos, tuberculosis, pink eye, head lice, mold, mildew, HBV/Hepatitis B and HIV Infection Control provided by Risk Management. 3. Non-sterile disposable vinyl gloves shall be made available to all facilities, maintenance and security personnel upon request. 4. Free tetanus and Hepatitis B vaccines shall be available to security personnel. 5. Upon request, the District shall make available free HIV test and counseling to any bargaining unit member exposed to body fluids on the job.
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Infection Control Program. CONTRACTOR shall provide for an Infection Control Program at the Facility pursuant to DC policy and procedures, and HSBs.
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Infection Control Program. In order to provide adequate treatment to individuals with infections and communicable diseases, Maple Lawn shall, at a minimum: Within six months from the effective date of this Agreement, create or revise, as appropriate, and implement policies and procedures regarding infection control and infection surveillance and tracking. Establish an effective infection control program to minimize the spread of infections or communicable diseases. The infection control program shall: Actively collect data with regard to infections and communicable diseases; Analyze these data for trends; Initiate inquiries regarding undesirable trends; Identify necessary corrective action; Monitor and determine whether remedies are achieved consistent with generally accepted professional standards; Integrate this information into the facility quality control system; and Require that nursing staff participate in the infection control program. Review this information on at least a quarterly basis and develop and implement strategies to overcome the barriers identified in the findings letter issued by the United States on January 25, 2011, including inadequate assessment, management, and treatment of communicable diseases. This review shall be documented and reported to the Monitor. Provide annually, or more often as needed, structured and ongoing competency-based training to professional, direct care, and supervisory staff on how to adequately assess, manage, and treat infections or communicable diseases. Utilize information gathered from the infection control program and provide feedback to staff as frequently as needed to ensure a 90% compliance rate in a given quarter for the requirements of this subsection. Such review and compliance rate shall be documented to the Monitor.
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Infection Control Program. Provider agrees to have an infection control program in place. This program shall comply with DDOC Policy B-02 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control and must be consistent with nationally accepted standards for infection control in healthcare settings such as those put forth by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (XXXX) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The program shall include, at a minimum: a. Procedures for screening Inmates for communicable diseases during the initial health assessment.
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Infection Control Program. In order to provide adequate treatment to individuals with infections and communicable diseases, Maple Lawn shall, at a minimum: a. Within six months from the effective date of this Agreement, create or revise, as appropriate, and implement policies and procedures regarding infection control and infection surveillance and tracking. b. Establish an effective infection control program to minimize the spread of infections or communicable diseases. The infection control program shall: (1) Actively collect data with regard to infections and communicable diseases; (2) Analyze these data for trends; (3) Initiate inquiries regarding undesirable trends; (4) Identify necessary corrective action; (5) Monitor and determine whether remedies are achieved consistent with generally accepted professional standards; (6) Integrate this information into the facility quality control system; and (7) Require that nursing staff participate in the infection control program. c. Review this information on at least a quarterly basis and develop and implement strategies to overcome the barriers identified in the findings letter issued by the United States on January 25, 2011, including inadequate assessment, management, and treatment of communicable diseases. This review shall be documented and reported to the Monitor. d. Provide annually, or more often as needed, structured and ongoing competency-based training to professional, direct care, and supervisory staff on how to adequately assess, manage, and treat infections or communicable diseases. e. Utilize information gathered from the infection control program and provide feedback to staff as frequently as needed to ensure a 90% compliance rate in a given quarter for the requirements of this subsection. Such review and compliance rate shall be documented to the Monitor.
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Infection Control Program. The Provider shall have an infection control program in place. This program shall comply with BHSAMH Policy B-02 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control and must be consistent with nationally accepted standards for infection control in healthcare settings such as those put forth by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (XXXX) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The program shall include, at a minimum: 1. Procedures for screening patients for communicable diseases during the initial health assessment. 2. Outbreak control plans for communicable diseases. 3. Follow all state and federal laws pertaining to the reporting of infectious diseases. 4. Standards for universal precautions to minimize the risk of exposure to blood and bodily fluids. 5. Post-exposure prophylaxis for patients and staff following confirmed or possible exposure to organisms for which post-exposure prophylaxis is indicated including but not limited to HIV, Hepatitis A, Mumps, etc. 6. Medical isolation processes, including the use of negative pressure rooms and personal protective equipment (PPE). 7. Procedures for ectoparasite prevention and control. 8. Procedures and plans for disposal of biohazardous and contaminated waste in accordance with the federal and local regulations. This includes but is not limited to plans to contract with waste management agencies, procedures for handling and proper disposal of sharps. 9. Recruit and train staff and offenders as EVS (environmental services) workers. 10. Procedures for routine and enhanced cleaning of patient care areas (such as following housing of a patient with multidrug resistant organisms, or during outbreaks of infectious diseases). 11. Facility and statewide level infection preventionist staff shall be assigned solely to infection control activities with or without other quality assurance responsibilities. 12. Infection preventionist staff may not be assigned clinical duties beyond duties directly tied to prevention and control of infectious diseases (such as vaccination of offenders/staff; tuberculosis screening of offenders/staff; respirator fit testing of offenders/staff as appropriate based on the infection preventionist’s education and training). a. Such staff must have experience and training/certification specific to healthcare infection control and may be nurses or other relevant professions such as laboratory scientists or epidemiologists. 13. The Statewide Inf...
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