TEST YOURSELF
How Does the Revised Survey Guidance for Infection Control (F441) Define an Outbreak? Surveyors will be looking to see if your facility knows how to identify and contain an outbreak of infectious illness. How does the revised survey guidance define "outbreak?" Circle one of the following answers. a. One case of a highly communicable infection. b. Trends that are 10 percent higher than the historical rate of infection for the facility that may reflect an outbreak or seasonal variation. c. Occurrence of three or more cases of the same infection over a specified length of time on the same unit or other defined areas. d. All of the above. What Types of Wound Infections Should You Code on the MDS 2.0 and Where? Which of the following represent true statements about coding wound infections on the MDS? Circle all that apply. a. Code only skin ulcer infections (pressure ulcers, arterial, venous or diabetic ulcers). b. Code infection of any type of wound (e.g., postoperative; traumatic; pressure) on any part of the body. c. Code wound infection at I2l. d. Code wound infection in Section I2 and Section M1. See the next MDS Alert for the answers.
