title: Laws pertaining to healthcare-associated infections: a review of 3 legal requirements.
abstract: We reviewed US state and territorial healthcare-associated infection (HAI) laws, specifically addressing 3 legal requirements: data submission, reporting of data to the public, and inclusion of facility identifiers in public reports. The majority of US states and territories have HAI laws. The 3 studied legal provisions are all commonly included in state HAI laws in varying forms; however, only a minority of states and territories specifically mandate all 3 legal requirements. The laws of the remaining states vary considerably.
authors.affiliation: HAI Focus, Edgewood, New Mexico 87015, USA. juliereagan@mac.com
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reagan
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hacker
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D014481:United States