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The Joint Commission promulgates six standards related to infection control--and it expects all employees to be involved in preventing nosocomical infections. Both the JCAHO and Nursing Management's editors urge you, the readers, to submit your questions for response in this column.
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Advanced practice nurses are increasingly practicing in primary care settings where they are diagnosing and treating infectious diseases. Care is not complete until these conditions are reported to the local health department. Reporting is not optional--it is the law in every state. This article critiques case studies where disease reporting did not occur, reviews the evidence on noncompliance with reporting laws, discusses reasons for reporting, describes how state laws vary with respect to reporting, and presents steps to assist the advanced practice nurse in reporting infectious diseases.
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