N.J. Admin. Code § 8:56-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 8:56-3.1 - Department use of reported data

(a) The Department shall use procedures to allow appropriate comparison of the quality of care related to HAI across health care facilities that include, but are not limited to:

1. Consideration of the number of device days to calculate device-associated infection ratios;

2. Grouping of surgery infections by specific surgery; and/or

3. Consideration of other patient, procedure, or health care facility characteristics that the CDC identifies.

(b) The Department shall make available to the public the results of the Department's analysis set forth at (a) above through:

1. Inclusion of the results for general hospitals in the New Jersey Hospital Performance Report, written and published annually by the Department, and available through the following methods:

i. A "pdf" version of the New Jersey Hospital Performance Report is available electronically through the Department's Hospital Performance Report website at http://www.nj.gov/health/healthcarequality/health-care-professionals/hospital-performance-report;

ii. Anyone wishing to obtain multiple copies of the New Jersey Hospital Performance Report for a fee, as provided by 47:1A-5, may send a written request to: Office of the Commissioner, Office of Health Care Quality Assessment, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360; or call (800) 418-1397; or

iii. Through the interactive online version of the New Jersey Hospital Performance Report available at http://web.doh.state.nj.us/apps2/hpr; and

2. Inclusion of the results for ambulatory surgery facilities on the Department's website at http://www.state.nj.us/health/healthcarequality.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:56-3.1

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1299(a), effective 6/20/2016

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 1022(b), effective 5/15/2023