32.1-35.1 - Information on nosocomial infections. - Virginia Statutes

§ 32.1-35.1. Information on nosocomial infections.

Acute care hospitals shall report information about nosocomial infections tothe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare SafetyNetwork. Such hospitals shall release their infection data to the Board ofHealth. The specific infections to be reported, the hospitals required toreport, and patient populations to be included shall be prescribed by Boardregulation. Such hospital infection rate data may be released to the publicby the Board, upon request.

(2005, c. 444.)