Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-358

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R9-6-358 - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

A. Case control measures:

1. A diagnosing health care provider or an administrator of a health care institution transferring a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case with active infection to another health care provider or health care institution or to a correctional facility shall, either personally or through a representative, ensure that the receiving health care provider, health care institution, or correctional facility is informed that the patient is a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case.

2. If a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case with active infection is being transferred from a correctional facility to another correctional facility or to a health care institution, an administrator of the correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall ensure that the receiving correctional facility or health care institution is informed that the individual is a known methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case.

B. Outbreak control measures:

1. A local health agency, in consultation with the Department, shall:

a. Conduct an epidemiologic investigation of each reported outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care institution or correctional facility; and

b. For each outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care institution or correctional facility, submit to the Department the information required under R9-6-206(E).

2. When an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurs in a health care institution or correctional facility, the administrator of the health care institution or correctional facility, either personally or through a representative, shall comply with the control measures recommended by a local health agency or the Department.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-358

Former Section R9-6-115, Paragraph (39), renumbered and amended as R9-6-751 effective January 28, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). Renumbered from R9-6-751 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-358 renumbered to R9-6-362; new Section R9-6-358 renumbered from R9-6-355 and amended effective April 4, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Former R9-6-358 renumbered to R9-6-367; new R9-6-358 renumbered from R9-6-350 and amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 3559, effective October 2, 2004 (Supp. 04-3). Former R9-6-358 renumbered to R9-6-363; new R9-6-358 renumbered from R9-6-353and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2607, effective 1/1/2018.