Requires surgical and anesthesia services to be provided by qualified staff as allowed under state law. 48.50 Emergency Services. 482.55 Discharge planning. 482.110 Administration of organizational environment. 482.115 Infection Control.
Hospital maintains an effective infection control program.
This is a major area of concern for hospitals. At a minimum the hospital should have available to it highly qualified individuals in the areas of surveillance, prevention and epidemiology to insure an effective program to collect and monitor critical data to guide the process of prevention and improvement. 482.120 Information Management. Hospital maintains information systems to record, communicate, and measure its performance. The systems may be manual, automated or both, depending on the complexity of the hospital.