Section 1279.7 Of Article 3. Regulations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
1279.7
. (a) A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b),
(c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall implement a facility-wide hand
hygiene program.
(b) Commencing January 1, 2017, a health facility, as defined in
subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from
using an epidural connector that would fit into a connector other
than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent
situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to
provide health care.
(c) Commencing January 1, 2016, a health facility, as defined in
subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from
using an intravenous connector that would fit into a connector other
than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent
situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to
provide health care.
(d) Commencing July 1, 2016, a health facility, as defined in
subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from
using an enteral feeding connector that would fit into a connector
other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or
urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability
to provide health care.
(e) The Advanced Medical Technology Association shall, on January
1 of each year until the standards are developed, provide the
Legislature with a report on the progress of the International
Organization for Standardization in developing new design standards
for connectors for intravenous, epidural, or enteral applications.
(f) A health facility that is required to develop a patient safety
plan pursuant to Section 1279.6 shall include in the patient safety
plan measures to prevent adverse events associated with misconnecting
intravenous, enteral feeding, and epidural lines. This subdivision
shall become inoperative as to epidural connectors upon the operative
date of subdivision (b), and as to intravenous connectors upon the
operative date of subdivision (c). and as to enteral feeding
connectors upon the operative date of subdivision (d).