Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 380 - SPECIALIZED MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION FACILITIES CODE › Subpart E - SUPPORT SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENT › Section 380.640 - Infection Control and Vaccinations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
				facility shall adopt, observe and implement written infection control policies
				and procedures. These policies and procedures shall be reviewed at least
				annually and revised as needed.
b)
				All cases of reportable communicable diseases shall be reported to the
				Department and to the local health department in accordance with the Control of
				Communicable Diseases Code and the Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections
				Code.
c) All employees and
				consumers shall be screened for tuberculosis in accordance with the Control of
				Tuberculosis Code.
d) When
				consumers having a communicable disease, or presenting signs and symptoms that
				suggest that diagnosis, are admitted, precautionary measures shall be taken to
				avoid cross-infection to personnel, other consumers or the public.
e) Consumers presenting with a communicable
				disease shall be treated in accordance with the Control of Communicable
				Diseases Code and Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections Code. When
				isolation is required, the facility shall implement precautions (i.e., contact
				isolation) or provide temporary transfer to a licensed entity that is capable
				of providing enhanced isolation techniques.
f) The facility shall be responsible for
				developing, implementing, monitoring and enforcing a hand hygiene program. For
				the purposes of this Section, "hand hygiene" is a general term that applies to
				hand washing with plain soap and water; antiseptic hand wash using soap
				containing antiseptic agents and water; and antiseptic hand rub using a
				waterless antiseptic product, most often alcohol based, rubbed on the surface
				of the hands.
g)
A facility
				shall annually administer and arrange for administration of a vaccination
				against influenza to each consumer
in a recovery and rehabilitation
				supports unit who has been admitted for a least a year,
in accordance
				with the
Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines:
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of
				the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are most recent to the time
				of vaccination, unless the vaccination is medically contraindicated or the
				consumer refuses the vaccine.
(Section 3-211(a) of the Act)
h)
All persons seeking admission to a
				facility shall be verbally screened for risk factors associated with hepatitis
				B, hepatitis C, and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) according to the
				guidelines established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
				Prevention
, the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment
				Guidelines
. Persons who are identified as being at high risk for
				hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV shall be offered an opportunity to undergo
				laboratory testing in order to determine infection status if they will be
				admitted to the facility for at least 7 days and are not known to be infected
				with any of the listed viruses. All HIV testing shall be conducted in
				compliance with the AIDS Confidentiality Act. All persons determined to be
				susceptible to the hepatitis B virus shall be offered immunization within 10
				days after admission to any
level of service except triage
. A
				facility shall document in the consumer's medical record that he or she was
				verbally screened for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C,
				and HIV, and whether or not the consumer was immunized against hepatitis
				B.
(Section 3-211(b) of the Act)