Code of Maine Rules › 90 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 590 - MAINE HEALTH DATA ORGANIZATION › Chapter 270 - UNIFORM REPORTING SYSTEM FOR QUALITY DATA SETS › Section 590-270-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words
				  and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A.
Clostridium difficile
. In
				addition to its other definitions established in medical literature, the term
				"Clostridium difficile" shall mean a spore-forming, gram-positive anaerobic
				bacillus that is one of the causes of infection of the large bowel. Clostridium
				difficile associated infection ranges from mild antibiotic associated diarrhea
				to severe life-threatening inflammation of the colon.
B.
Central line catheter-associated
				blood stream infection
. A serious infection that enters the bloodstream
				due to a special type of catheter used to access a major vein close to the
				heart. For reporting purposes, hospitals are bound by or subject to the
				definition of "central line catheter-associated blood stream infection" as
				specified in the current version of the CDCNHSN Patient Safety Component
				Manual.
C.
CMS
."CMS"
				means the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
D.
Executive Director
."Executive
				Director" means the Executive Director of the MHDO or his/her
				successors.
E.
External
				validation.
"External validation" means an audit process by an external
				agency to assure the accuracy and quality of healthcare associated infection
				data submitted to the NHSN and that the data meets the NHSN's pre-determined
				specifications.
F.
Health
				care facility.
"Health care facility" means any hospital, mental health
				facility, State institution, ambulatory surgical facility, nursing home,
				residential care facility, rest home, sanatorium, convalescent home, federally
				qualified health center, or rural health clinic, as defined by 22 M.R.S.A.
				Chapter 1683 §8702(4), renal dialysis facility as defined by 22 M.R.S.A.
				Chapter 412 §2041(8), or intermediate care facility for persons with
				intellectual disabilities as defined by 22 M.R.S.A. Chapter 405 §1812-
				K.
G.
Hospital
.
				"Hospital" has the same meaning as in
				22 M.R.S.A.
				§328(14). 'Hospital'
				includes but is not limited to, acute care hospitals, Critical Access
				Hospitals, and rehabilitation hospitals.
H.
IHI
."IHI" means the Institute
				for Healthcare Improvement.
I.
Measure Steward
. The identified responsible entity having a
				process to maintain and update the measure on a schedule that is commensurate
				with the rate of clinical innovation.
J.
ME CDC
."ME CDC" means the
				Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control
				and Prevention.
K.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
				Aureus(MRSA)
."Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus" are bacteria
				that can cause infections and are resistant to one or more classes of
				antibiotics.
L.
MHDO
."MHDO" means the Maine Health Data Organization or its
				designee.
M.
MQF
."MQF" means the Maine Quality Forum as defined in Title 24-A,
				Chapter 87, §6951.
N.
M.R.S.A.
"M.R.S.A." means Maine Revised Statutes
				Annotated.
O.
National
				Healthcare Safety Network
."National Healthcare Safety Network" (NHSN)
				means the US CDC's se cure internet-based data collection system managed by the
				Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
P.
NQF
."NQF" means the National
				Quality Forum.
Q.
Nursing
				Facility
."Nursing Facility" means a facility as defined in
				22 MRS
				§1812-A.
R.
Surgical Site Infection
				(SSI).
An infection occurring after surgery in the same part of the
				patient's body where the surgery was performed. For reporting purposes,
				hospitals are bound by or subject to the definition of "surgical site
				infection" as specified by the current version of the CDC NHSN Patient Safety
				Component Manual.
S.
US
				CDC
."US CDC" means the United States Department of Health and Human
				Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.