Section 340.1335  Infection Control

a)         Each facility shall establish and follow policies and procedures for investigating, controlling, and preventing infections in the facility.  The policies and procedures shall be consistent with and include the requirements of the Control of Communicable Diseases Code and Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections Code. Activities shall be monitored to ensure that these policies and procedures are followed.

b)         A group, i.e., an infection control committee, quality assurance committee, or other facility entity, shall periodically review the results of investigations and activities to control infections.

c)         Each facility shall adhere to the following guidelines and toolkits of the Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (see Section 340.1010):

1)         Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections.

2)         Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings.

3)         Guidelines for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections.

4)         Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection.

5)         Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia, 2023.

6)         2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions:  Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.

7)         Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, available in two parts:  Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services and Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients.

8)         Toolkit for Controlling Legionella in Common Sources of Exposure.

d)         The facility shall establish an infection prevention and control program (IPCP) that shall include, at a minimum, an antibiotic stewardship program that includes antibiotic use protocols and a system to monitor antibiotic use.

(Source:  Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 6539, effective April 22, 2025)