Section 250.1310  Cleaning

a)         Procedures for cleaning the operating rooms after each case may be more but not less stringent than the following:

1)         The operating room and its contents shall be thoroughly cleaned after each case.

2)         Furniture and equipment shall be washed with an approved disinfecting solution.  Instruments shall be soaked in an approved disinfecting solution.

3)         Specimen material for laboratory examination or research shall be placed in a closed container.

4)         Nurses, surgical technicians/assistants, surgeons, and anesthetists shall remove contaminated gowns and gloves at the door immediately before leaving the room.

5)         All linen shall be bagged in the operating room.  There shall be specific procedures for the identification and handling of surgery linen.

b)         The Infection Control Committee, in cooperation with the surgery service, shall develop guidelines and specific requirements for cleaning the operating room following a case in which an individual is infected or colonized with an organism requiring non-routine decontamination and cleaning materials (e.g. C auris, carbapenemase-producing organisms, C diff).

(Source:  Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 14395, effective October 27, 2025)