110 ILCS 330/7

(110 ILCS 330/7)

Sec. 7. Prevention and control for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The University of Illinois Hospital shall develop and implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB), that take into consideration guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. The Department of Public Health shall adopt administrative rules that require the University of Illinois Hospital to perform an annual facility-wide infection control risk assessment and enforce hand hygiene and contact precaution requirements.

(Source: P.A. 95-282, eff. 8-20-07.)