12VAC5-90-370. Reporting of  health care-associated infections.

Part XIV. Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections

12VAC5-90-370. Reporting of health care-associated infections.

A. A health care facility that reports data into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) as a requirement of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall share the data, through the NHSN, with the department.

B. A person making a report as authorized in this section shall be immune from liability as provided by § 32.1-38 of the Code of Virginia. Infection rate data may be released to the public by the department upon request. Data shall be aggregated to ensure that no individual patient may be identified.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 , 32.1-35, and 32.1-42 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2008; amended, Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 13, eff. March 28, 2011; Volume 31, Issue 26, eff. September 25, 2015; Volume 36, Issue 6, eff. December 26, 2019; Volume 41, Issue 26, eff. September 10, 2025.

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