Section 1250.1970  Quality

a)         Criteria #1:  The delivery of the service should prove beneficial to both patients and the community.

b)         Standard #1:  The average inpatient length of stay of patients receiving "Burn Treatment" in the "Burn Treatment Center" should not exceed a recommended average of 18 days unless documentation exists that a different length of stay is appropriate.

c)         Data Factors:  Length of stay (Admissions Patient Days).

d)         Criteria #2:  There should exist Quality Assurance Programs.

e)         Standard #1:  All burn treatment settings should participate in Burn Registry(ies).

f)          Data Factors:

1)         Name of Burn Registry that the facility is in participation with.

2)         Documentation of participation.

3)         Data collected in the Registry(ies).

(Source:  Added at 5 Ill. Reg. 3214, effective March 18, 1981)