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Regulations
CMS
- Organ Transplant Program Interpretive Guidelines
- Final Rule: Hospital Conditions of Participation: Requirements for Approval and Re-approval of Transplant Centers to Perform Organ Transplants (PDF, 467 KB)
- Items Requested from Transplant Programs During the Onsite Survey (PDF, 34 KB)
- Medicare-Approved Transplant Programs - Updated 04/20/11 (PDF, 518)
- Memorandum Summary - End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Update of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - 03/18/11
- ESRD Conditions for Coverage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Version 1.3 - March 2011
- CMS Dialysis Survey & Certification page - updated 06/08/10
- CMS Conditions of Coverage (116 pages)
- Advance Copy – End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program Interpretive Guidance Version 1.1 (304 pages)
- CMS Press Release April 3, 2008
- CMS Slide Presentation - Final Rules
- ESRD Conditions for Coverage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) September 2009
- Acronyms & Abbreviations - September 2009
- State PCT Certification Programs - States with Provisions or Requirements that Meet CMS Approval
Texas Rules
- Texas DSHS Referral Fact Sheet 2012
- Chapter 117 ESRD Rule Clarifications & Revised Report to the Director (Incident report) - 12/07/10
- State Regulations that You Should Know - Slides from the October
2010 meetings
- Overview of Rules Process (To Print Handouts Click Here) - Patrick Waldron, M. Ed., LMSW - Beth Pickens, MHA, RN-BC
- ESRD Licensing Rules: What Has Changed? (To Print Handouts Click Here) - Patsy Lemons, RN
- Design & Space: What’s New? (To Print Handouts Click Here) - Gerard Van de Werken, BA
- TDH ESRD Facilities Licensing Rules - 07/0610
- Texas State End Stage Renal Disease Facility Final Licensing Rules Memo - 06/29/10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- 2011 CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter Related Infections
- MMWR 2001 Volume 50, No. RR-5 Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
- Standards of Ambulatroty Care-7/2011
- Ambulatory Checklist-7/2011
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/OSHA
- Blood Bourne Pathogens Standards - 02/03/2009
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)