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20-9-1204. Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections.
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20-9-1204. Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections.
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall appoint an Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections, including without limitation representatives of:
(1) Public and private hospitals, including representatives of hospitals with fewer than fifty (50) beds and representatives of hospitals with more than fifty (50) beds;
(2) Outpatient surgery centers;
(3) Direct-care nursing staff;
(4) Physicians;
(5) Infection-control professionals with expertise in healthcare-associated infections;
(6) Academic researchers; and
(7) At least one (1) representative of a consumer organization.
(b) The committee shall assist the Department of Health in the development of all aspects of the department's methodology for collecting, analyzing, and disclosing the data collected under this subchapter, including without limitation:
(1) Collection methods;
(2) Formatting; and
(3) Methods and means for the release and dissemination of the data.
(c)(1) In developing the methodology for collecting and analyzing the infection-rate data, the department and the committee shall consider existing methodologies and systems for data collection.
(2) Any data collection and analytical methodologies used shall be:
(A) Capable of being validated; and
(B) Based upon nationally recognized and recommended standards that may include those developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or the National Quality Forum.
(3) The proposed data collection and analysis methodology shall be disclosed for public comment before any public disclosure of healthcare-associated infection rates in
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-9-1204
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20-9-1204. Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections.
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall appoint an Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections, including without limitation representatives of:
(1) Public and private hospitals, including representatives of hospitals with fewer than fifty (50) beds and representatives of hospitals with more than fifty (50) beds;
(2) Outpatient surgery centers;
(3) Direct-care nursing staff;
(4) Physicians;
(5) Infection-control professionals with expertise in healthcare-associated infections;
(6) Academic researchers; and
(7) At least one (1) representative of a consumer organization.
(b) The committee shall assist the Department of Health in the development of all aspects of the department's methodology for collecting, analyzing, and disclosing the data collected under this subchapter, including without limitation:
(1) Collection methods;
(2) Formatting; and
(3) Methods and means for the release and dissemination of the data.
(c)(1) In developing the methodology for collecting and analyzing the infection-rate data, the department and the committee shall consider existing methodologies and systems for data collection.
(2) Any data collection and analytical methodologies used shall be:
(A) Capable of being validated; and
(B) Based upon nationally recognized and recommended standards that may include those developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or the National Quality Forum.
(3) The proposed data collection and analysis methodology shall be disclosed for public comment before any public disclosure of healthcare-associated infection rates in an annual report under § 20-9-1205.
(4)(A) The data collection and analysis methodology shall be presented to all health facilities in this state on or before September 1, 2008.
(B) The methodology may be amended based upon input from the health facilities.
(5)(A) The first voluntary quarterly report under § 20-9-1203(b) shall be presented to the department on or before January 31, 2009.
(B) Health facilities may begin voluntarily reporting data on January 31, 2009, or at any time thereafter.
(d) The department and the committee shall evaluate on a regular basis the quality and accuracy of health facility data reported under this subchapter and the data collection, analysis, and dissemination methodologies used under this subchapter.
(e) After release of the second annual report published under § 20-9-1205 and upon consultation with the committee and with other technical advisors who are recognized experts in the prevention, identification, and control of healthcare-associated infections and the reporting of performance data, the department may add categories of infections to those set forth in § 20-9-1203(a) in compliance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
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20-9-1203. Health facility reports.
(a) A health facility shall collect data on healthcare-associated infection rates for the following:
(1) Central line-associated bloodstream infections in an intensive care unit; and
(2) Other categories as provided under § 20-9-1204(e).
(b)(1)(A) A health facility may voluntarily submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health on the health facility's healthcare-associated infection rates.
(B)(i) If a health facility elects to submit quarterly reports, the reports shall be submitted to the department:
(a) In a format prescribed by the department; and
(b) By April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31 of each year.
(ii) Each quarterly report shall cover the immediately preceding calendar quarter.
(C) Data in the quarterly reports shall cover a period ending not earlier than one (1) month before the submission of the report.
(2) If the health facility is a division or subsidiary of another entity that owns or operates other health facilities, the quarterly report shall be for the specific division or subsidiary and not for the other entity.
(c)(1) A health facility participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program or its successor shall authorize the department to have access to the following information that the health facility submits to the National Healthcare Safety Network:
(A) The name of the health facility; and
(B) Any information submitted to the National Healthcare Safety Network in order to satisfy the requirements of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.
(2) The information contained in the National Healthcare Safety Network database and obtained by the department under this sectio
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-9-1203
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20-9-1205. Reports regarding healthcare-associated infections.
(a)(1)(A) In consultation with the Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections, the Department of Health shall submit annually a report summarizing the health facility quarterly reports required under this subchapter to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
(B) No health-facility-identifiable data shall be included in the annual report, but aggregate statistical data may be included.
(2) The department shall publish the annual report on the department's website.
(3) The first annual report shall be submitted and published on or before January 1, 2010.
(b) The annual report prepared by the department under this subchapter regarding healthcare-associated infections shall be appropriately risk-adjusted.
(c) The annual report shall include an executive summary written in plain language that shall include without limitation:
(1) A discussion of findings, conclusions, and trends concerning the overall status of healthcare-associated infections in the state, including a comparison to previous years; and
(2) Policy recommendations of the department and the committee.
(d) The annual report shall be made available to any person upon request.
(e) No health facility report or department disclosure shall contain information identifying a patient, employee, or healthcare professional in connection with a specific infection incident.
(f) No annual report or other department disclosure shall contain information that identifies or could be used to identify a specific health facility.
(g)(1) As part of the process of preparing the annual report, effective safeguards to protect against th
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-9-1205
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25-15-201. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-15-201
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