WSR 99-02-058
INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed January 6, 1999, 9:03 a.m.]
notice of adoption of interpretive statement
Title: May a Home Health Aid (NAC) perform simple trach care of cleansing around the site and changing the dressing of a well established, noncuffed tracheostomy if the task is delegated to a specific NAC for a specific patient?
Issuing Entity: Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission.
Subject: The commission issued an advisory opinion in response to the request from Joan Watkins, RN, BSN, CIC.
Effective Date: November 13, 1998.
Contact Person: Jeanne E. Vincent, RN, MS, Associate Nurse Practice Manager, Department of Health, Nursing Care Commission, P.O. Box 47864, Olympia, WA 98504-7864, (360) 236-4725.