§ 79639. Nursing Service -Patients with Infectious Diseases.

(a) Patients with infectious diseases shall not be admitted to, or cared for, in the facility unless the following requirements are met:

(1) A patient suspected of, or diagnosed as having an airborne infectious or reportable communicable disease, or being in a carrier state, who the attending medical staff determines is a potential danger, shall be accommodated in a room, vented to the outside if airborne, and provided with a separate toilet, hand washing facility, soap dispenser and individual towels.

(2) There shall be:

(A) Separate provisions for handling contaminated linens.

(B) Separate provisions for handling contaminated dishes.

(C) Separate provisions for handling any object, article, substance or material capable of transmission of a communicable disease.

(b) The correctional treatment center shall adopt and implement written infection control policies and procedures. These policies and procedures shall be reviewed at least annually and revised as necessary.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 6-10-94; operative 1-1-96 pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 1250 (Register 94, No. 23).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 208(a) and 1267.10( l), Health and Safety Code; and Sections 2500, 2502, 2503 and 2504, Title 17, California Code of Regulations. Reference: Sections 1250(j) and 1254, Health and Safety Code.