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Criteria Used in Selecting Advisory Panel Candidates

Individuals selected for participation on the Healthcare Associated Infection Control Advisory Panel shall have one of the following qualifications:

1. Primary occupation or profession in the practice and management of

infection control.

2. Primary occupation or profession in the application of epidemiology to

the study of infectious disease.

3. Currently a member of a Hospital, Nursing Home or Ambulatory Surgical

Facility staff with experience and training in infection control, to

include at least one of the following;

-- The planning, implementation and evaluation of infection prevention

and control measures.

-- The education of staff about infection risk, prevention and control.

-- The development and revision of infection control policies and

procedures.

-- The management of infection prevention and control activities.

-- Provision of consultative services on infection risk assessment,

prevention and control strategies.

-- Membership on an Infection Control Committee.

-- Has published research in the area of infection control and/or

infectious disease epidemiology.

Act 52 of 2007 requires that the Advisory Panel include at least one representative from the following:

-- A Not-for Profit Nursing Home

-- A For-Profit Nursing Home

-- A County Nursing Home

And,

-- At least two representatives of a Hospital, one of which must be from a

Rural Hospital