OAR 333-018-0125: HAI Reporting for Other Health Care Facilities

(1) All dialysis facilities shall report dialysis events to the Authority. (2) A dialysis facility that reports dialysis events to NHSN may, in lieu of reporting the information directly to the Authority, permit the Authority access to NHSN. (3) All Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF) shall report to the Authority CAUTIs for adult and pediatric wards. (4) The reporting system for IRFs shall be NHSN. (5) IRFs that report information in order to meet CMS reporting requirements, may, in lieu of reporting information directly to the Authority, permit the Authority to access the information through NHSN. An IRF that permits the Authority to access the information through NHSN must: (a) Join the Oregon HAI group in NHSN; (b) Authorize disclosure of NHSN data to the Authority as necessary for compliance with these rules, including but not limited to summary data and denominator data for all SSIs, the annual hospital survey and data analysis components for all SSIs, and summary data and denominator data for all adult, pediatric and neonatal ICUs; and (c) Permit the Authority to access data reported through NHSN dating back to when reporting was first required by CMS for the different HAIs.