Patient safety.

(1) Each licensed facility must adopt a patient safety plan. A plan adopted to implement the requirements of 42 C.F.R. s. 482.21 shall be deemed to comply with this requirement.

(2) Each licensed facility shall appoint a patient safety officer and a patient safety committee, which shall include at least one person who is neither employed by nor practicing in the facility, for the purpose of promoting the health and safety of patients, reviewing and evaluating the quality of patient safety measures used by the facility, and assisting in the implementation of the facility patient safety plan.

(3)(a) Each hospital shall provide to any patient or patient’s representative identified pursuant to s. 765.401(1) upon scheduling of nonemergency care, or to any other stabilized patient or patient’s representative identified pursuant to s. 765.401(1) within 24 hours of the patient being stabilized or at the time of discharge, whichever comes first, written information on a form created by the agency which contains the following information available for the hospital for the most recent year and the statewide average for all hospitals related to the following quality measures:

1. The rate of hospital-acquired infections;

2. The overall rating of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey; and

3. The 15-day readmission rate.

(b) A hospital shall also provide to any person, upon request, the written information specified in paragraph (a).

(c) The information required by this subsection must be presented in a manner that is easily understandable and accessible to the patient and must also include an explanation of the quality measures and the relationship between patient safety and the hospital’s data for the quality measures.

(4) Each licensed facility must, at least biennially, conduct a patient safety culture survey using the applicable Survey on Patient Safety Culture developed by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Each facility shall conduct the survey anonymously to encourage completion of the survey by staff working in or employed by the facility. Each facility may contract to administer the survey. Each facility shall biennially submit the survey data to the agency in a format specified by rule, which must include the survey participation rate. Each facility may develop an internal action plan between conducting surveys to identify measures to improve the survey and submit the plan to the agency.

(5) Each hospital with an emergency department and each ambulatory surgical center must:

(a) Develop and implement policies and procedures for the rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms which reflect evidence-based best practices relating to, at a minimum:

1. Assessing patients for risk of venous thromboembolism using a nationally recognized risk assessment tool.

2. Treatment options for a patient diagnosed with venous thromboembolism.

(b) Train all nonphysician personnel at least annually on the policies and procedures developed under this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, “nonphysician personnel” means all personnel of the licensed facility working in clinical areas and providing patient care, except those persons licensed as health care practitioners.

(6)(a) Each hospital with an emergency department must:

1. Develop and implement policies and procedures for pediatric patient care in the emergency department which reflect evidence-based best practices relating to, at a minimum:

a. Triage.

b. Measuring and recording vital signs.

c. Weighing and recording weights in kilograms.

d. Calculating medication dosages.

e. Use of pediatric instruments.

2. Conduct training at least annually on the policies and procedures developed under this subsection. The training must include, at a minimum:

a. The use of pediatric instruments, as applicable to each licensure type, using clinical simulation as defined in s. 464.003.

b. Drills that simulate emergency situations. Each emergency department must conduct drills at least annually.

(b) Each hospital emergency department must:

1. Designate a pediatric emergency care coordinator. The pediatric emergency care coordinator must be a physician or a physician assistant licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a nurse licensed under chapter 464, or a paramedic licensed under chapter 401. The pediatric emergency care coordinator is responsible for implementation of and ensuring fidelity to the policies and procedures adopted under this subsection.

2. Conduct the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment developed by the National Pediatric Readiness Project, in accordance with timelines established by the National Pediatric Readiness Project.

(7) Each hospital with an emergency department may conduct the National Pediatric Readiness Project’s Open Assessment during a year in which the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment is not conducted.