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Patient Safety Reporting Regulations

made under

Section 5 of the

Patient Safety Act

S.N.S. 2012, c. 13

O.I.C. 2013-67 (March 12, 2013, effective April 1, 2013), N.S. Reg. 55/2013

as amended to O.I.C. 2015-369 (December 15, 2015), N.S. Reg. 367/2015

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Patient Safety Reporting Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Patient Safety Act ;

“Department” means the Department of Health and Wellness.

Compiling and reporting hand-hygiene adherence rates

3 The compiling and reporting of hand-hygiene adherence rates required by subsection 4(1)

of the Act must be carried out in accordance with the Protocol for Hand Hygiene

Adherence Monitoring in Nova Scotia published by the Department and as amended from

time to time.

Compiling and reporting Clostridium difficile infection rates

4 For the purpose of subsection 4(2) of the Act,

(

a) Clostridium difficile infection rates are prescribed as patient-safety indicators to

be compiled and reported by a district health authority; and

(

b) the compiling and reporting of Clostridium difficile infection rates must be

carried out in accordance with the Protocol for Healthcare-associated

Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance in Nova Scotia published by the

Department and as amended from time to time.

Compiling and reporting central line-associated blood stream infection rates

5 For the purpose of subsection 4(2) of the Act,

(

a) central line-associated blood stream infection rates are prescribed as patient

safety indicators to be compiled and reported by a health authority; and

(

b) the compiling and reporting of central line-associated blood stream infection

rates must be carried out in accordance with the Protocol for Central

Line-associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) Surveillance in Intensive

Care Units in Nova Scotia published by the Department and as amended from

time to time.

Section 5 added: O.I.C. 2015-369, N.S. Reg. 367/2015.

Compiling and reporting healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

aureus blood stream infection rates

6 For the purpose of subsection 4(2) of the Act,

(

a) healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood stream

infection rates are prescribed as patient safety indicators to be compiled and

reported by a health authority; and

(

b) the compiling and reporting of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant

Staphylococcus aureus blood stream infection rates must be carried out in

accordance with the Protocol for Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Blood Stream Infection Surveillance in Acute

Care Hospitals in Nova Scotia published by the Department and as amended

from time to time.

Section 6 added: O.I.C. 2015-369, N.S. Reg. 367/2015.

Compiling and reporting healthcare worker influenza immunization rates

7 For the purpose of subsection 4(2) of the Act,

(

a) healthcare worker influenza immunization rates are prescribed as patient safety

indicators to be compiled and reported by a health authority; and

(

b) the compiling and reporting of healthcare worker influenza immunization rates

must be carried out in accordance with the Protocol for Healthcare Worker

Influenza Immunization Surveillance in Acute Care Hospitals in Nova Scotia

published by the Department and as amended from time to time.

Section 7 added: O.I.C. 2015-369, N.S. Reg. 367/2015.