Guidance for health care workers, personal caregivers in home residence or community-based settings updated March 2022 The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has developed a guidance document called “Recommended Infection Prevention and Control Plan for Agencies that Provide Services in a Client’s Home Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Response - Best Practices as of March 2022.” This guidance is for organizations that have health care workers (licensed and unlicensed staff) and personal caregivers who provide care to individuals at their home residence or community-based settings. The document provides general infection prevention and control guidance in relation to prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
The document can be viewed and downloaded from the following web pages dedicated to the specific licensed health facility types to which the guidance applies:
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Report provides information on barriers, sample policies Transgender people face many barriers to health care because of historic bias and discrimination. To support this population in Nevada, health facilities are encouraged to read the “Transgender Affirming Hospital Policies” report issued by Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Hogan Lovells and New York City Bar. This report (available for download at the bottom of this blog post) provides sample policies addressing issues such as nondiscrimination, patients’ bill of rights, access to hormone therapy, protocols for staff interaction with transgender patients, room assignments and more. According to the report, in a survey of more than 6,000 transgender Americans, 19% of the respondents reported being refused health care due to their transgender or gender-nonconforming status. In addition, 28% had postponed necessary health care when sick or injured and 33% had delayed or had not sought preventive care because of experiences of health care discrimination based on their transgender status. “Adopting transgender-inclusive health care practices can reduce the costs associated with complications that arise when transgender patients are denied or delay medical treatment due to discrimination,” the report states. Nevada law addresses specific patient rights, including the right to “receive considerate and respectful care.” Although the attached report addresses hospitals, Nevada law applies to all health facilities in the state that are licensed and inspected by the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC). The report is available below in PDF. Also below is a presentation called, “Meeting the Health Care Needs of Transgender People,” from the Nevada organization Transgender Allies Group.
Get help meeting the Nov. 15 deadline to avoid a penalty License renewal season is here, and the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) has updated its Health Facility Renewal info/help web page to guide you through the process. The page also can be accessed from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health home page at http://dpbh.nv.gov/ by clicking on the graphic illustrated below. Facility staff are encouraged to reference this page frequently to answer any questions you have regarding this process. This page contains information about which facilities must renew, an application checklist, fee schedule and a video tutorial that will guide you through the Online Licensing System, which now can be accessed by typing myhealthfacilitylicense.nv.gov into your web browser address bar. General HCQC information is available through the Health Facilities home page.
The renewal deadline is Nov. 15, with licenses expiring Dec. 31. Renewal applications submitted after Nov. 15 will have to pay the regular renewal fee plus an additional 50 percent of that fee. Position to be filled by industry member from Northern Nevada The Personal Care Agencies Advisory Council (PCA-AC) is recruiting a member from the industry in Northern Nevada to serve as co-chair.
The PCA-AC works with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) and with personal care service providers to explore ways to reduce costs to facilities while ensuring delivery of quality personal care agency services to clients. Through the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC), the PCA-AC’s recommendations are taken to the State Board of Health and considered when making regulations and other decisions that affect the industry and ultimately the citizens of Nevada. The current members of the PCA-AC are:
PCA-AC members must be an employee of a currently licensed Nevada personal care agency. To apply, submit your resume or biography to [email protected] by Sept. 1, 2017. More information about the PCA-AC is at the HCQC Advisory Councils website. Find out how today’s use of antibiotics will affect health care treatment and outcomes tomorrow Learn about the “Evolution of Antibiotics” and how responsible distribution today will affect future peoples at the annual Nevada Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Collaborative on Aug. 15, 2017. This day-long educational event will be held at locations in Reno and Las Vegas, and features eight sessions on topics ranging from antibiotic length of use and two-step C. diff testing, to managing sepsis in skilled nursing facilities and outpatient stewardship. Eight hours of continuing education credit for nursing are available for attendees. This event is co-sponsored by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and HealthInsight Nevada. Click here for tickets, and for additional information, check out the event flier below.
Health Department course is worth 0.5 CEU A new training about proper hand hygiene is now available online from the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. Created by the Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology (OPHIE), the Hand Hygiene Training is good for 0.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and is available at no cost. This information is very important to preventing the spread of bacteria in general—particularly in licensed health facilities, child care facilities, medical laboratories and other such licensed businesses. To supplement this information, OPHIE has provided a white paper titled “The State of Hand Hygiene 2017,” published by Elyptol, an Australian manufacturer of skin care and hygiene products. The white paper can be accessed below.
PCAAC will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2016 Top 10 tags will be reviewed at the next Personal Care Agencies Advisory Council (PCAAC) meeting, which is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2016. Issues identified from the quarterly Tag Summary Report are compiled each quarter from inspection information gathered by the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC). The full meeting agenda and Tag Summary Report can be viewed below. The PCAAC collaborates with personal care service providers to explore methodologies to reduce costs to facilities while ensuring delivery of quality personal care agency services to clients. At its quarterly meetings, the PCAAC makes advisory recommendations that are reported to the administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health who then will report on the council’s activities to the State Board of Health. For more information, visit the HCQC Advisory Councils website.
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AuthorThe Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) licenses medical and other health facilities, child care facilities and personnel, and medical laboratories and personnel in Nevada. HCQC also conducts compliance surveys and takes complaints. Archives
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