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HIDA Information For Hospitals

• Hospital Infections Disclosure Act (HIDA)
  In May 2006, the South Carolina General Assembly passed the Hospital Infections Disclosure Act. Hospitals must report Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) from selected procedures to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The reporting requirements are being phased in.
  Compliance with the HIDA Reporting Requirements is a condition of licensure for hospitals that perform the reportable procedures.
  
  On this website you can find:
  • Link to the Hospital Infections Disclosure Act (HIDA) law  
• Current HIDA reporting requirements
• Archived HIDA reporting requirements from previous reporting periods. 
• Information on Training and Resources
• Link to the HIDA Public Reporting Website
• Link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) members’ website
  
  
Future content will include an Infection Control Process Survey and information on the DHEC HIDA Hospital Validation Program.

• Hospital Infections Disclosure Act (HIDA) (pdf)
  
  
• HIDA Hospital Reporting Requirements (current)
  • NEW HIDA Reporting Requirements: HIDA Update # 3 - beginning 12-01-2008 (pdf)
  • January 1, 2008 (HIDA update # 2) (pdf): Current Reporting Requirements HIDA Update # 2,  effective date January 1, 2008 ( contains additional information to clarify reporting requirements in Update # 1 -mailed to hospitals on February 12, 2008). These requirements include the HIDA mandatory reporting by clinical laboratories of MRSA bloodstream infections.
    
    
• Archived HIDA Reporting Requirements
  • July 1, 2007:  Deputy Commissioner’s Letter to Hospitals (pdf)– mailed January 10, 2007.
  • July 1, 2007: HIDA Training and Implementation Plan (pdf) (Reporting Requirements effective July 1, 2007), mailed January 10, 2007
  • January 1, 2008 (update # 1): HIDA Reporting Requirements- Update # 1 (pdf) – effective date January 1, 2008) mailed November 19, 2007
    
    
• Hospital Training Materials & Announcements
  • HIDA Training: National Health Care Saftey Network (NHSN) HELP!
    April 21-22, 2008 at the SC Hospital Association William Yates Conference Center, Columbia, SC
    Sponsored by APIC-Palmetto, SCHA, and DHEC
  • NHSN Self Study Toolkit (pdf)
    • NHSN Introduction (ppt)
    • NHSN Enrollment (ppt)
    • NHSN: Getting Started (ppt)
  • NHSN  Protocols and Definitions:
  • CLABSI - Central Line Associate Bloodstream Infections (ppt)
  • SSI - Surgical Site Infections (ppt)
    
    
• HIDA Healthcare Associated Infections Public Reporting
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
  
  
• Contact Information:
  DHEC Hospital Infections Reporting Section in the Bureau of Disease Control: 
  1751 Calhoun Street
  Columbia, SC 29201
  803-898-0861
  
  Dixie Roberts, APRN, MPH, Section Director
  Amber Taylor, MPH, HIDA Epidemiologist
  Stanley Ostrawski, RN, MS, MT (ASCP), Infection Control Professional