Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 67 - Free-Standing Birth Centers
Subchapter B - Administration and Organization
Section I-6739 - Obstetrical Department

A. Obstetrical patients should not be placed in rooms with other types of patients.

B. A number of beds at least equal to the average daily maternity census shall be in rooms reserved exclusively for obstetrical patients.

C. At least one toilet and lavatory basin shall be provided for the use of obstetrical patients.

D. The arrangement of the rooms and areas used for obstetrical patients shall be such as to minimize traffic of patients, visitors, and personnel from other departments and prevent traffic through the delivery room or rooms.

E. There shall be an isolation room provided with handwashing facilities for immediate segregation and isolation of a mother and/or baby with a known or suspected communicable disease.

F. When necessary for the same nurse to care for both obstetrical and other types of patients, strict handwashing and gown technique shall be employed in giving nursing care to the obstetrical patient or newborn infant.

G. Gowns worn in the nursery or delivery room shall not be worn outside either of such rooms and shall not be worn outside the obstetrical department.

H. Children under 14 years of age shall not be admitted as visitors to the obstetrical department.