§ 1008A. Advisory Committee.
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(a)The Secretary of the Department shall appoint an Advisory Committee, which shall include:
(1)One infection prevention professional who has responsibility for infection prevention programs for each hospital or healthcare system in Delaware.
(2)Three infection disease physicians with expertise in infection prevention.
(3)One representative of the Delaware Health Care Association.
(4)One representative of the Delaware Healthcare Facilities Association.
(5)One representative of a freestanding surgical center.
(6)One infection preventionist representing Department of Correction healthcare facilities.
(7)One representative of a dialysis center.
(8)One representative of a behavioral health facility.
(9)One representative from the State Division of Public Health.
(10)One infection preventionist representing the State Division of Health Care Quality.
(11)The Division of Public Health Healthcare Associated Infections Specialist responsible for collating and reporting data.
(b)The Secretary shall also appoint 5 members of the Committee including:
(1)One person representing direct care nursing staff.
(2)One person representing academic researchers.
(3)One person representing a consumer organization.
(4)One person representing health insurers.
(5)One person representing population health organizations.
(c)The Advisory Committee shall have the authority to engage personnel with appropriate training and certification in infection prevention and control for the purposes of collecting data.
(d)The Advisory Committee shall assist the Department in the development of all aspects of the Department’s methodology for collection, analyzing and disclosing the information collected under this chapter, including collection methods, formatting and methods and means for release and dissemination.
(e)In developing the methodology for collecting and analyzing the infection rate data, the Department and the Advisory Committee shall adopt the methodologies and system for data collection from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network, or its successor. The data collection and analysis methodology shall be disclosed to the public prior to any public disclosure of healthcare associated infection rates.
(f)The Advisory Committee shall assist the Department in the sharing of information and best practices toward the development of activities and policies that:
(1)Enhance coordination between healthcare facilities throughout the continuum of care for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections;
(2)Promote the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections generally; and
(3)Encourage the creation of benchmarks against which to measure progress in the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections.