| Subject: | Revisions to the Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Infection Control |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 - 06:00 am |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have updated the Interpretive Guidelines for 42 CFR 482.42, Hospital Condition of Participation: Infection Control, to reflect changing infectious and communicable disease threats and current knowledge and best practicesThere has been no change in the hospital Condition of Participation (CoP) regulation for Infection Control at 42 CFR 482.42. However, changing infectious disease threats, as well as new mechanisms to confront... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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