(a) The department shall establish and maintain a sentinel surveillance program for RSV infection in children. The program will:
- (1) identify by sentinel surveillance RSV infection in children; and
- (2) maintain a central database of laboratory-confirmed cases of RSV that can be used to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of RSV.
- (b) The department will recruit at least one health care facility or provider associated with a health care facility in each Health Service Region of the State to report RSV data.
- (c) The department will endeavor to recruit a provider from each county with more than 500,000 residents, according to the 2000 census.
- (d) The department may use existing data collected by health facilities.
Source Note:The provisions of this §97.255 adopted to be effective September 14, 2006, 31 TexReg 7351.