Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00371 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 371
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1946
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 371 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1946

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION FOR TECHNICIANS WHO DECONTAMINATE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT.

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 reduce hospital-acquired infections by certifying persons who decontaminate surgical instruments.