INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

POLICY STATEMENT:

The Division of Veterans Healthcare Services requires each of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes to establish manuals of policies and procedures for providing services. Procedures shall permit the organization of committees, as needed, to ensure compliance with the New Jersey Standards for Licensure of Long Term Care Facilities, and with applicable Federal and New Jersey State Administrative Codes, related laws, regulatory and licensing standards.

PROCEDURE:

A. New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes

  1. The New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes shall establish, under the direction of an Infection Control Coordinator, with education, training, completed course-work, and/or experience in infection control or epidemiology, an Infection Control Committee, given the authority and charged with the responsibility for overseeing the prevention and control of infections within the facility.
  a. Infection Control Committee
  1. Committee membership shall be representative of the following services:
  Infection Control Coordinator
Medical Director/designee
Director of Nurses/designee
Quality Improvement Coordinator
Dietary Representative/designee
Staff Development Coordinator
Support Services Staff Representative(s)
 

2. Sub-committees and assigned representative membership shall be determined by the Infection Control Committee for the purpose of addressing specific, related tasks, and shall carry all the authority set forth for the Infection Control Committee.

3. The Committee shall function as an advisory group, which serves as the organizational line of communication between the attending physicians, nursing, and support services entities. The Committee will be a policy recommending body to the medical and nursing staff and to Administration on all matters related to infectious diseases.

4. The Committee shall monitor the health and environmental aspects of the facility to include the development, implementation, and at least yearly revision of policies and procedures related to the prevention and control of infections, maintenance of sanitary environment, techniques and systems for identifying infections within the facility, and with procedures for reporting to appropriate governmental agencies, which are consistent with the most up-to-date Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publications.

5. The Infection Control Committee shall meet in accordance with applicable Federal and State rules, regulations, and standards set forth for the purpose of monitoring and overseeing the prevention and control of infections within the facility.

 

Revised: July 2005


 

COMMUNICATIONS/COMMITTEES - 13-02-003

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