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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 2. HEALTH |
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Subtitle D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES |
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Chapter 98. REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND PREVENTABLE ADVERSE EVENTS |
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Subchapter C. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT AND ADVISORY PANEL; REPORTING SYSTEM |
Sec. 98.103. REPORTABLE INFECTIONS
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(a) A health care facility, other than a pediatric and adolescent hospital, shall report to the department the incidence of surgical site infections, including the causative pathogen if the infection is laboratory-confirmed, occurring in the following procedures:
(1) colon surgeries;
(2) hip arthroplasties;
(3) knee arthroplasties;
(4) abdominal hysterectomies;
(5) vaginal hysterectomies;
(6) coronary artery bypass grafts; and
(7) vascular procedures.
(b) A pediatric and adolescent hospital shall report the incidence of surgical site infections, including the causative pathogen if the infection is laboratory-confirmed, occurring in the following procedures to the department:
(1) cardiac procedures, excluding thoracic cardiac procedures;
(2) ventricular shunt procedures; and
(3) spinal surgery with instrumentation.
(c) A general hospital shall report the following to the department:
(1) the incidence of laboratory-confirmed central line-associated primary bloodstream infections, including the causative pathogen, occurring in any special care setting in the hospital; and
(2) the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus occurring in any pediatric inpatient unit in the hospital.
(d) The department shall ensure that the health care-associated infections a health care facility is required to report under this section have the meanings assigned by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(d-1) The executive commissioner by rule may designate the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network, or its successor, to receive reports of health care-associated infections from health care facilities on behalf of the department. A health care facility must file a report required in accordance with a designation made under this subsection in accordance with the National Healthcare Safety Network's definitions, methods, requirements, and procedures. A health care facility shall authorize the department to have access to facility-specific data contained in a report filed with the National Healthcare Safety Network in accordance with a designation made under this subsection.