NAC439.935. Participation in National Healthcare Safety Network: Data to be submitted by each type of medical facility.

     1. Each hospital described in NRS 439.805 that is required to participate in the National Healthcare Safety Network shall:

     (a) Submit data to the National Healthcare Safety Network relating to all central line-associated bloodstream infection events.

     (b) Commencing not later than February 1, 2011, submit data to the National Healthcare Safety Network relating to the nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rate of patients for each patient care location within the hospital that has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     (c) Commencing not later than February 1, 2011, submit to the National Healthcare Safety Network the incident rate of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, which must be based on clinical cultures, for each patient care location within the hospital that has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     (d) Commencing not later than February 1, 2011, implement the Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Option within the Medication-Associated Module of the Patient Safety Component of the National Healthcare Safety Network.

     (e) Commencing not later than June 1, 2012, submit data to the National Healthcare Safety Network concerning surgical site infections relating to a:

          (1) Coronary artery bypass graft with both chest and donor site incisions;

          (2) Hip prosthesis;

          (3) Knee prosthesis; and

          (4) Laminectomy.

Ê Each hospital shall continue to report the information required pursuant to this subsection to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the times and in the manner prescribed by the National Healthcare Safety Network for submission of that information.

     2. Each surgical center for ambulatory patients described in NRS 439.805 that is required to participate in the National Healthcare Safety Network shall submit data to the National Healthcare Safety Network concerning surgical site infections relating to a:

     (a) Gallbladder surgery;

     (b) Open reduction of a fracture;

     (c) Herniorrhaphy; and

     (d) Breast surgery.

Ê Each surgical center for ambulatory patients shall continue to report the information required pursuant to this subsection to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the times and in the manner prescribed by the National Healthcare Safety Network for submission of that information.

     3. Each independent center for emergency medical care described in NRS 439.805 that is required to participate in the National Healthcare Safety Network shall submit data to the National Healthcare Safety Network concerning the influenza vaccination rate of the health care personnel of the center. Each independent center for emergency medical care shall continue to report the information required pursuant to this subsection to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the times and in the manner prescribed by the National Healthcare Safety Network for submission of that information.

     4. Each obstetric center described in NRS 439.805 that is required to participate in the National Healthcare Safety Network shall submit data to the National Healthcare Safety Network concerning the influenza vaccination rate of the health care personnel of the center. Each obstetric center shall continue to report the information required pursuant to this subsection to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the times and in the manner prescribed by the National Healthcare Safety Network for submission of that information.

     5. A physician who performs a medical procedure at a medical facility that is required to report to the National Healthcare Safety Network shall report to the medical facility any facility-acquired infection which is diagnosed at a follow-up examination of the patient and which resulted from the medical procedure performed at the medical facility.

     6. A medical facility shall report all confirmed and all suspected instances of a facility-acquired infection acquired at another medical facility to the medical facility in which the infection was acquired. The medical facility which reports a confirmed or suspected instance of a facility-acquired infection pursuant to this subsection shall keep a record of that report for not less than 3 years after making such report.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R044-10, eff. 10-15-2010)