US Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
APIC monitors the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for any
and all relevant regulatory rulings it issues with regard to infection
prevention and control issues.
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updates on Alcohol-Based Surgical Prep Solutions and Alcohol-Based Hand
Sanitizers.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services develops Conditions of
Participation (CoPs) that health care organizations must meet in order
to begin and continue participating in the Medicare and Medicaid
programs. These minimum health and safety standards have been developed
to further improve patient quality and safety. The CoPs are the minimum
standards that must be met in order to be Medicare and Medicaid
certified.
Click here to access advance copy of the CMS
Interpretive Guidelines.
The final guidelines and survey procedures have been reorganized and
in a letter to CMS surveyors, these guidelines became effective November
21, 2007. Click here to access the document.
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