Recommendation comes amid multi-state outbreak investigation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collaborating with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), multiple state and local health departments, and numerous healthcare facilities to investigate a multi-state outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia infections. These infections have occurred primarily in ventilated patients without cystic fibrosis and who are being treated in intensive care units.
Preliminary information indicates that a contaminated liquid docusate product might be related to cases in one state. Until more information is available, CDC recommends that facilities not use any liquid docusate products for patients who are critically ill, ventilated or immunosuppressed. Institutions with non-cystic fibrosis patients in whom there are B. cepacia infections should sequester all liquid docusate products. Healthcare providers and laboratories should be on alert for B. cepacia cases occurring among non-cystic fibrosis patients and should inform infection prevention staff when these infections occur. Cases should be reported to state or local public health authorities. For more information about this announcement, contact the CDC directly at [email protected]. To read previous emails from this listserv, click here.
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HCQC beginning the new process this week On Tuesday, the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) began electronically issuing Statements of Deficiencies for state licensure inspections as part of the transition to the bureau’s new online licensure system.
Letters and Web ID notices have been sent to all facilities and laboratories that are currently licensed but have not registered in the online licensing system. Please register with the system and be sure your contact information is current so you will be able to receive email notification of your Statements of Deficiencies. You will then be able to submit your Plan of Correction online. During your inspection, the inspector will tell you about obtaining your Statement of Deficiencies online by email notification. You will also receive instructions for completing the Plan of Correction online in the system. If you have difficulties, you can call the HCQC office to receive assistance, or you can visit either the Carson City or Las Vegas office and get assistance by using the kiosks set up in each office. For more information about HCQC, click here. To read previous emails from this listserv, click here. Medicaid and other related issues are on the agenda for next week’s scheduled meeting of the Personal Care Agencies Advisory Council meeting, set for Tuesday, June 21, at 1:30 p.m. in Carson City. For videoconference locations and call-in numbers, view the meeting agenda by clicking here.
To view past emails from this email listserv, click here. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will hold a public hearing to receive comments regarding Banner Churchill Community Hospital’s application to expand the emergency department.
The hearing will be held at 1:45 p.m. on June 15, 2016, at the Churchill County Commission Chambers, Suite 145, 155 North Taylor Street, Fallon, NV 89406. Under Nevada law, new construction valued $2,000,000 or greater by or on a health facility in counties with a population smaller than 100,000 people must be approved by the DHHS director. To view the notice for public hearing, visit the Nevada Certificate of Need Website at http://dpbh.nv.gov/Programs/Certificate_of_Need/Certificate_of_Need_-_Home/. Members of the public may make oral comments at this meeting. Persons wishing to submit written comments or documentary evidence must submit the material to Laura Hale via email at [email protected] or via regular mail at 4126 Technology Way, 2nd Floor NE, Carson City, NV 89706 at least 10 days before the public hearing. See the attached announcement for more information. |
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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