[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR483.65]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 483_REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES--Table 

of Contents

 

          Subpart B_Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities

 

Sec. 483.65  Infection control.



    The facility 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.

    (a) Infection control program. The facility must establish an 

infection control program under which it--

    (1) Investigates, controls, and prevents infections in the facility;

    (2) Decides what procedures, such as isolation, should be applied to 

an individual resident; and

    (3) Maintains a record of incidents and corrective actions related 

to infections.

    (b) Preventing spread of infection. (1) When the infection control 

program determines that a resident needs isolation to prevent the spread 

of infection, the facility must isolate the resident.

    (2) The facility must prohibit employees with a communicable disease 

or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents or their 

food, if direct contact will transmit the disease.

    (3) The facility must require staff to wash their hands after each 

direct resident contact for which handwashing is indicated by accepted 

professional practice.

    (c) Linens. Personnel must handle, store, process, and transport 

linens so as to prevent the spread of infection.



[56 FR 48876, Sept. 26, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 43925, Sept. 23, 1992]