# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Laboratory Services
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2008-06-27 · Effective 2007-08-24 · 73 FR 36469
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-13279
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 36469
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 482
- **Publication date:** 2008-06-27
- **Effective date:** 2007-08-24
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3014-F
## Abstract

This final rule finalizes the hospital conditions of participation requirements for hospitals that transfuse blood and blood components. It requires hospitals to: Prepare and follow written procedures for appropriate action when it is determined that blood and blood components the hospitals received and transfused are at increased risk for transmitting hepatitis C virus (HCV); quarantine prior collections from a donor who is at increased risk for transmitting HCV infection; notify transfusion recipients, as appropriate, of the need for HCV testing and counseling; and extend the records retention period for transfusion-related data to 10 years. The intent is to aid in the prevention of HCV infection and to create opportunities for disease prevention that, in most cases, can occur many years after recipient exposure to a donor.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/06/27/E8-13279/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-conditions-of-participation-laboratory-services)
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