CODE OF VIRGINIA

INFORMATION ON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS (§ 32.1-35.1)

Acute care hospitals shall report information about nosocomial infections to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety
Network. Such hospitals shall release their infection data to the Board of
Health. The specific infections to be reported, the hospitals required to
report, and patient populations to be included shall be prescribed by Board
regulation. Such hospital infection rate data may be released to the public by
the Board, upon request.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 444.