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PA Bulletin: Final Notice of Reporting Requirements for Healthcare Facilities, March 2008
This announcement serves as final notice to healthcare facilities about reporting requirements to the Authority under the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act, Chapter 4, Health Care-Associated Infections.
Act 13
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act.
Act 52
Act 52 of 2007 requires certain healthcare facilities in Pennsylvania to report healthcare associated infections to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).
PA Bulletin: Final Notice of Reporting Requirements for Nursing Home Facilities, October 2013
This announcement serves as final notice about updates to healthcare-associated infection reporting criteria for Pennsylvania nursing homes for mandatory reporting to the Authority and the Department of Health under Act 52 of 2007.
Act 30
Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) act – Extending Patient Safety Standards to Certain Abortion Facilities
Act 88
Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act – Omnibus Amendments
Policies/Recommendations
PATIENT SAFETY AUTHORITY/DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Final Recommendations to Ensure Accurate Patient Weights
[48 Pa.B. 5679] The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority issued recommendations to licensed acute care facilities regarding accuracy of information involving patient weights. This checklist includes questions that facilities can use, for example, to determine whether metric scales are available in patient care locations.
PATIENT SAFETY AUTHORITY/DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Final Recommendations to Ensure Correct Surgical Procedures and Correct Nerve Blocks
[52 Pa.B. 1716] [Saturday, March 19, 2022] This document outlines final recommendations to hospitals, ambulatory surgery facilities, birthing centers and abortion facilities in this Commonwealth to ensure the correct procedure is performed on the correct site, side and patient.
Response to Complaints of Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Compliance
The Patient Safety Authority (PSA) shall follow the process outlined below to ensure appropriate disposition of complaints it receives related to MCARE compliance. It will keep a confidential written record of the same. All confidentiality provisions afforded by the MCARE Act shall apply to such records.
Archived Legislation
PA Bulletin: Final Notice of Rollout Dates for Nursing Home Reporting, February 2009
This announcement serves as final notice about updates to healthcare-associated infection reporting criteria for Pennsylvania nursing homes for mandatory reporting to the Authority and the Department of Health under Act 52 of 2007.
PA Bulletin: Final Notice of Reporting Requirements for Nursing Homes, September 2008
This announcement serves as final notice to nursing homes about reporting requirements to the Authority and the Department of Health under the MCARE Act, relating to HAIs (Act 52 of 2007).
PA Bulletin: Reporting Requirements for Nursing Homes, May 2008
This announcement serves as notice to nursing homes about reporting requirements to the Authority and the Department of Health under Act 52 of 2007.