Indiana Administrative Code
Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Article 27 - BIRTHING CENTERS
Rule 17 - Physical Plant; Maintenance; Equipment; Environment; Safety
Section 17-4 - Maintenance of equipment
Universal Citation: 410 IN Admin Code 17-4
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-21-1-7; IC 16-21-2-2.5
Affected: IC 16-21-1
Sec. 4.
All patient care equipment must be in good working order and regularly serviced and maintained as follows:
(1) All patient care equipment must be on a documented maintenance schedule of appropriate frequency in accordance with one (1) of the following:
(A) Acceptable
standards of practice.
(B) The
manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule.
(2) There must be evidence of preventive maintenance on all patient care equipment.
(3) Appropriate records must be:
(A) kept pertaining to equipment maintenance,
repairs, and electrical current leakage checks; and
(B) analyzed at least triennially.
(4) Defibrillators, if present, must be discharged at least in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations, and a discharge log with initialed entries must be maintained.
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