Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 93 - Hospitals
Subchapter F - Laboratory Services
Section I-9373 - Equipment and Records

A. There shall be sufficient supplies, equipment and space to perform the required volume of work with optimal accuracy, precision, efficiency, timeliness and safety.

B. The laboratory shall ensure that satisfactory provisions are maintained for an instrumentation preventive maintenance program, an acceptable quality control program and an approved proficiency testing program covering all types of analysis performed by the laboratory services. Records and reports shall be maintained, retrievable, and as appropriate, filed in the patient's medical record.

C. The hospital shall make adequate provisions for the immediate pathological examination of tissue specimens by a pathologist.

D. The hospital shall make provisions for the procurement, storage and transfusion of blood and blood products.

E. The administration of blood shall be monitored to detect any adverse reaction as soon as it occurs. Prompt investigation of the cause of an adverse reaction shall be instituted. The results of all tests performed in the evaluation of an actual or suspected blood transfusion reaction shall be a permanent part of the patient's medical record.