Section 205.410  Equipment

Equipment shall be in good working order and shall be available in numbers sufficient to provide good patient care based on the procedures to be performed in the facility.

a)         There shall be monitoring equipment, suction apparatus, oxygen and related items available within the surgical and postoperative recovery area.  Cardiac pulmonary resuscitation equipment shall be available in all facilities.

b)         There shall be written procedures governing the care, use, sterilization, storage and disposal of all materials to insure that an adequate supply of sterile equipment is available for each procedure.  The section on "Sterilization and Disinfection" from Infection Control in the Hospital, most recent edition, American Hospital Association, shall be used as the guideline.

c)         There shall be written procedures to assure safety in storage and use of inhalation anesthetics and medical gases in accordance with NFPA Standard No. 99.

d)         There shall be written procedures to assure the safety in storage and use of all narcotics and medications in accordance with state and federal law.

e)         In those facilities using laser equipment, there shall be documentation of registration with the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety as is required by the Laser System Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111½, par. 700 et seq.) [420 ILCS 55].  The facility shall also have a written safety and maintenance program related to the use of the laser equipment.

(Source:  Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 17250, effective December 1, 1994)