ALFs, ICFs/ID, NFs:
DADS notified providers of the requirement to develop and implement a policy to protect the individuals they serve from vaccine-preventable diseases. DADS included information about CDC guidelines. Providers must implement the policy by September 1, 2012. An excerpt:
Vaccine-preventable diseases are defined as those diseases included in the most current recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the CDC. The link to ACIP Comprehensive Recommendations for Health Care Personnel can be accessed from the following web page: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/ACIP-list.htm.
ALFs, ICFs/ID and NFs must have a policy that protects residents from vaccine-preventable diseases. ALFs, ICFs/ID and NFs do not have to provide the vaccines to employees and contractors. However, such facilities may choose to do so.