Illinois surgery centers are under the microscope after state health officials found numerous violations of infection control standards. The Illinois Department of Public Health is mandating that these types of widely used outpatient facilities be more in line with hospital regulations. The inspections have been prompted by other state infection scares and national initiatives such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 (HHS) Healthcare-Associated Infections objectives for Healthy People 2020.<\/p>\n
“We want people to know there is regulatory oversight of these types of facilities and that we are closely monitoring infection control,” said Bill Bell, the division chief for Health Care Facilities and Programs for the Illinois Department of Public Health. <\/p>\n
His team went to state facilities unannounced and tracked a patient\u2019s surgery through all the steps rather than merely looking at the facility\u2019s guidelines on infection control. In 2010, almost 76 percent of these facilities had infection control violations. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Illinois surgery centers are under the microscope after state health officials found numerous violations of infection control standards. The Illinois Department of Public Health is mandating that these types of widely used outpatient facilities be more in line with hospital…<\/span><\/p>\n