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

b)         The facility shall have written procedures governing the care, use, sterilization, storage and disposal of all materials to ensure that an adequate supply of sterile equipment is available for each procedure.

c)         The facility shall have written procedures to assure safety in storage and use of inhalation anesthetics and medical gases in accordance with NFPA 99.

d)         The facility shall have written procedures to assure the safety in storage and use of all narcotics and medications in accordance with State and federal law.

e)         Facilities using laser equipment shall maintain documentation that the equipment is registered with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency as is required by the Laser System Act of 1997 [420 ILCS 56].  The facility shall also have a written safety and maintenance program related to the use of the laser equipment.

(Source:  Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 7915, effective May 25, 2010)