Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 93 - Hospitals
Subchapter J - Physical Environment
Section I-9419 - Equipment

A. Equipment shall be clean and in good repair for the safety and well-being of the patients.

B. Therapeutic, diagnostic and other patient care equipment shall be maintained and serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.

C. All patients, when appropriate due to diagnosis, shall be provided with patient care items such as a bedpan, washbasin, emesis basin, drinking glass and soap dish. These supplies and equipment shall be properly cleaned and in appropriate cases shall be sterilized between use for different patients if disposable items are not used.

D. Methods for cleaning, sanitizing, handling and storing of all supplies and equipment shall be such as to prevent the transmission of infection through their use.

E. After discharge of a patient, the bed, mattress, cover, bedside furniture, and equipment shall be properly cleaned. Mattresses, blankets and pillows assigned to patients shall be in a sanitary condition. The mattress, blankets and pillows used for a patient with an infection shall be sanitized in an acceptable manner before they are assigned to another patient.