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APIC-Palmetto Legislative Affairs and
Statewide Initiatives Committee Board Report: Jan. 2012
Thank you
to Beth Rhoton for sending the following report. The report contains
information from various LASIC members.
LASIC Report to Board January 2012
APIC-Palmetto Legislative Affairs and
Statewide Initiatives Committee Board Report: Oct. 2011
Thank you
to Beth Rhoton for sending the following report. The report contains
information from various LASIC members.
October 2011 LASIC Report
HIDA and SCHAIP Meetings: March
10, 2011
Beth Rhoton also sent the attached notes from both the HIDA and
SCHAIP Meetings that were held on 3/10/11.
HIDA
and SCHAIP Meeting Notes 3/10/2011
APIC Palmetto LASIC (Legislative Affairs and Statewide Initiatives
Committee) Report to Board, July 2011:
Please click
HERE for the report from July 22, 2011, sent by Beth Rhoton. CMS FY2012 Update: Proposed
rule adds two new infection-related quality measures for FY 2014 and
three infection-related quality measures to be added in FY 2015. The
following message is from Beth Rhoton:
"As co-chair of LASIC (Legislative Affairs and Statewide Initiatives
Committee of APIC-Palmetto), I forward the following information from
APIC national office to increase membership awareness that CMS is
proposing to add two new infection-related quality measures (CLIP and
CAUTI) for FY 2014 and three new measures (MRSA bacteremia, C diff
standardized infection rates and healthcare personnel influenza
vaccination) for FY 2015. These measures are proposed for reporting by
acute care facilities through NHSN and are to be published in the May 5
edition of The Federal Register.
Anyone wishing to send comments to CMS on these proposed measures, must
do so no later than 5 p.m. EDT on June 20, 2011. Comments on this
proposed regulation may be submitted electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov.
Please see additional information in the proposed rules documents found
via the links below. (Of note, the FY 2012 IPPS is 1032 pages and the FY
2012 IRF IPPS is 276 pages.)"
The proposed rules can be found at:
http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2011-09644_PI.pdf
and
http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2011-10159_PI.pdf
Thank you to Beth
Rhoton for forwarding the following 2 pdf files. One is a quick
reference guide for CMS' Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Measure; the other is a memo from
CMS, dated November 8, 2010, regarding the Healthcare Associated
Infection (HAI) measure and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream
Infection (CLABSI) Requirement.
CMS CLABSI HAI Measure:
Quick Reference Guide
November 8, 2010 CMS Memo: HAI
CLABSI Requirement
Initiatives Committee Annual Report, 2010
Thank you to Beth Rhoton and Connie Steed, APIC Palmetto Initiatives
Committee Co-Chairs, for the attached Annual Report. It contains
important information for all South Carolina Infection Preventionists.
2010
Initiatives Committee Annual Report
2010 Federal
Update:
Thank you to Michelle Dore, APIC Palmetto Governmental
Affairs Committee Chair, for this federal update:
2010 Federal Update
State HAI Prevention Plan for SC
The South Carolina HAI Prevention Plan was finalized and approved on
December 30, 2009. Thank you to Connie Steed, Paula Guild, and Beth
Rhoton for representing APIC Palmetto in these planning meetings with
DHEC and SCHA. Through their input and the input of our 2009 Chapter
President, Nancy Lumley, and many of you, our voices were heard. The
final document can be found
HERE.
(It's a 40 page pdf file.)
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