Background:

Governor Rendell signed Senate Bill 968 into law on July 20, 2007. Act 52 of 2007, the Health Care-Associated Infection Prevention and Control Act, amends the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act (Act 13 of 2002) to address the reduction and prevention of health care-associated infections. The bill reflects HAP’s influence in requiring the adoption of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) internet-based surveillance system as the primary framework for hospitals to report health care-associated infections to the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH), Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4), and Patient Safety Authority.

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