Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05998 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5998
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2433
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5998 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2433

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING CERTIFICATION FOR TECHNICIANS WHO DECONTAMINATE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 20 of the general statutes be amended to require certification for technicians who decontaminate surgical instruments and other health care equipment. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To require certification for technicians who decontaminate surgical instruments in order to reduce hospital-acquired infections.