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- Referred to health
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BILL NUMBER:A294
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing standards and programs relating to the prevention and/or reduction of the incidence of hospital-acquired infections
Purpose or general idea of bill
To require that hospitals and residen- tial health care facilities develop in-house training programs for ster- ile processing professionals; program would have to meet certain stand- ards developed by the Commissioner of Health.
Summary of specific provisions
Adds two new Sections 2819-a and 2819-b to the public health law. Section 2819-a would require the Commissioner to promulgate and administer regulations and policies governing the prevention and/or reduction of hospital-acquired infections in patients in hospitals and residential health care facilities. Each facility would be required to develop, adopt and implement a coordinated plan to provide adequate training of sterile processing professionals within 180 days of the adoption of the regulations.
Section 2819-b provides definitions and requirements for each general hospital to ensure that sterile processing professionals receive such training.
Justification
There has been increasing public concern about the frequency of hospital-acquired infections and the serious complications that can result from such infections. One critical tool in the effort to prevent these infections is to ensure that there are properly trained sterile processing professionals in each hospital and residential health care facility.
The goal of this bill is to ensure that hospitals provide training to the sterile processing professionals they employ in order to ensure better sterilization practices and reduce instances of hospital-acquired infections. The bill does not seek to add a costly burden to hospitals, but rather to provide a tool for reducing the risks and costs associated with hospital-acquired infections.
Prior legislative history
2007-2008: A9646
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:On the 180th day after it shall have become law.
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