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Current Government Affairs Report
CMS Reporting Matrix
Excerpts from the Texas Health & Safety Code
Vaccine Preventable Disease Policy
HAI Reporting
TJC Prepublication Standards - Hospital Deeming Requirements
NHSN Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) Surveillance>
West Nile Virus:
5 D's to Help Families "Fight the Bite" http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/arboviral/westNile/
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/default.shtm
http://www.dallascounty.org/department/hhs/home.html
http://dentoncounty.com/dept/main.asp?Dept=33
http://ci.fort-worth.tx.us/health/
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/releases/20120817.aspx
2012 -2013 Influenza Vaccination
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/upcoming.htm
H3N2v Influenza
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swineflu/index.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swineflu/h3n2v-factsheet.htm
Updated Dallas County Exposure Forms
New Online CE Course:
Avian Influenza in Humans: Detection, Prevention, and Control
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CDC Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings
HAI REPORTING RULES ADOPTED AND PUBLISHED
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/currview/0429adop.pdf
Look on pages 7-11 in TITLE 25. HEALTH SERVICES, PART 1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES , CHAPTER 200. HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS SUBCHAPTER A. CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES , 25 TAC §§200.1 -200.10.
SHEA publication: NPSG on VAP & CAUTI goals
National Targets and Metrics (HHS)
Monitoring Progress Toward Action Plan Goals: A Mid-Term Assessment
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