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42 C.F.R. § 484.70 - Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control (applicable to WV home health agencies via WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, § 508.4)

West VirginiaregulationU.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Medicare Conditions of Participation), adopted by the WV Department of Human Services, Bureau for Medical Services (BMS)

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The agency must provide infection control education to staff, patients, and caregiver(s). (42 CFR 484.70(c))(42 C.F.R. § 484.70 - Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control (applicable to WV home health agencies via WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, § 508.4))
  • 2The agency must include, within its infection control program, a method for identifying infectious and communicable disease problems and a plan for appropriate actions expected to result in improvement and disease prevention. (42 CFR 484.70(b))(42 C.F.R. § 484.70 - Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control (applicable to WV home health agencies via WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, § 508.4))
  • 3The agency must follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases. (42 CFR 484.70(a))(42 C.F.R. § 484.70 - Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control (applicable to WV home health agencies via WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, § 508.4))
  • 4The agency must maintain and document an infection control program whose goal is the prevention and control of infections and communicable diseases. (42 CFR 484.70)(42 CFR 484.70)
  • 5The agency and its staff must comply with the federal Home Health Conditions of Participation at 42 CFR Part 484, including the infection prevention and control condition. (WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, Section 508.4)(42 C.F.R. § 484.70 - Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control (applicable to WV home health agencies via WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, § 508.4))
  • 6The agency must maintain a coordinated agency-wide program for the surveillance, identification, prevention, control, and investigation of infectious and communicable diseases that is an integral part of the agency's QAPI program. (42 CFR 484.70(b))(42 C.F.R. § 484.70 - Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control (applicable to WV home health agencies via WV Medicaid Chapter 508 Home Health, § 508.4))

Applies to: home health

West Virginia does not have a stand-alone state administrative rule imposing infection-control requirements on home-care providers. For home health agencies, WV Medicaid Chapter 508 (§ 508.4) requires compliance with 42 CFR Part 484, whose infection-control Condition of Participation, 42 CFR § 484.70, requires the agency to maintain and document an infection prevention and control program using standard precautions, an agency-wide surveillance program tied to QAPI, and infection-control education for staff, patients, and caregivers.

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