Full Text of HR1260 95th General Assembly
HR1260 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The medical community is united in its concern | 3 |
| over the rapid spread of drug-resistant bacteria including | 4 |
| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and
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| WHEREAS, In August of 2007, the State of Illinois passed | 6 |
| legislation requiring public reporting of MRSA in all acute | 7 |
| care hospitals using ICD-9-CM codes from hospital discharge | 8 |
| data; and
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| WHEREAS, The National Healthcare Surveillance Network | 10 |
| (NHSN), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and | 11 |
| Prevention (CDC), is a secure, internet-based surveillance | 12 |
| system that integrates patient and healthcare personnel safety | 13 |
| surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare | 14 |
| Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC; and
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| WHEREAS, The states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, | 16 |
| Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, | 17 |
| South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington | 18 |
| have designated NHSN in legislative mandates requiring | 19 |
| hospitals to report healthcare-associated infections; and
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| WHEREAS, Analysis indicates that discharge data | 21 |
| underestimate the true number of MRSA infections and do not |
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| distinguish between community and healthcare associated | 2 |
| infections; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| recommend that the National Healthcare Surveillance Network | 6 |
| (NHSN), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and | 7 |
| Prevention (CDC), should be adopted as the mechanism for public | 8 |
| reporting of MRSA by Illinois hospitals.
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