New infection control requirement for offering influenza vaccination to staff and licensed independent practitioners.

standard that requires organizations to offer influenza vaccination to staff and licensed independent practitioners, applicable to critical access hospitals, hospitals, and long term care, effective July 1, 2007. This standard conforms to recommendations recently made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This new requirement is shown in the box on page 11 in underlined text. These revisions will also be published in the 2007 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Critical Access Hospitals (CAMCAH), Update 2 to the 2006 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook (CAMH), and Update 2 to the 2005–2006 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Long Term Care (CAMLTC), available September 2006. ▲ APPROVED: New Infection Control Requirement for Offering Influenza Vaccination to Staff and Licensed Independent Practitioners