RSA 141-G:3 · Infection Control Officer

141-G:3 Infection Control Officer. –

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I.

The senior facility administrator of each health care facility licensed under RSA 151 shall designate an infection control officer for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. That person shall be the infection control practitioner, hospital epidemiologist, hospital infection control chairman or a licensed physician or registered nurse who is knowledgeable of the facility's infection control policies and procedures.

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II.

When the source individual is transported to a health care facility, the infection control officer shall:

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(a)

Receive copies of emergency response/public safety worker incident report forms and coordinate the acquisition of any source individual information required for evaluating an emergency care worker's possible exposure and for evaluating the possible exposure of an individual protected under RSA 508:12, if any.

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(b)

Review the incident report form and source individual medical information.

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(c)

Notify the medical referral consultant, in accordance with RSA 141-G:5, of any source individual infection which, in the event that an unprotected exposure occurred, may place an emergency response/public safety worker at significant risk for disease.

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(d)

Notify public health in accordance with RSA 141-C:7, of any source individual infection which, in the event that an unprotected exposure occurred, may place an individual protected under RSA 508:12 at tangible risk for disease. Source. 1989, 374:1. 2012, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

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