WAC 388-78A-2610 Infection control. (1) The assisted living facility must institute appropriate infection control practices in the assisted living facility to prevent and limit the spread of infections.
(2) The assisted living facility must:
- Develop and implement a system to identify and manage infec-tions;
- Restrict a staff person’s contact with residents when the staff person has a known communicable disease in the infectious stage that is likely to be spread in the assisted living facility setting or by casual contact;
- Provide staff persons with the necessary supplies, equipment and protective clothing for preventing and controlling the spread of infections;
- Provide all resident care and services according to current acceptable standards for infection control;
- Perform all housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and management of infectious waste according to current acceptable standards for infection control;
- Report communicable diseases in accordance with the require-ments in chapter 246-100 WAC.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2610, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2610, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]
WAC 388-78A-2620 Pets. If an assisted living facility allows pets to live on the premises, the assisted living facility must:
(1) Develop, implement and disclose to potential and current residents, policies regarding:
- The types of pets that are permitted in the assisted living facility; and
- The conditions under which pets may be in the assisted living facility.
(2) Ensure animals living on the assisted living facility premises:
- Have regular examinations and immunizations, appropriate for the species, by a veterinarian licensed in Washington state;
- Are certified by a veterinarian to be free of diseases trans-mittable to humans;
- Are restricted from central food preparation areas.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2620, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2620, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]