Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 93 - Hospitals
Subchapter L - Surgical Services (Optional)
Section I-9443 - Surgery Suite and Equipment

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-9443

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The surgical suite shall be appropriately equipped and consist of a clear floor area to accommodate the equipment and personnel required, allowing for aseptic technique.

B. The surgical suite(s) shall be located in a segregated area out of the line of traffic of visitors and personnel from other departments and arranged so as to prevent traffic through them.

C. There shall be scrub-up facilities in the surgical suite providing hot and cold running water and equipped with knee, foot or elbow faucet controls.

D. There shall be a provision for washing instruments and equipment, which are to be cleaned within the surgical suite. If an autoclave is present, the same operating requirements referenced in Subchapter K, Infection Control shall be implemented.

E. There shall be policies and procedures, approved by the Infection Control Committee that addresses terminal cleaning of the operating room as well as cleaning of the room between surgical cases.

F. There shall be policies and procedures for a surgical smoke plume evacuation plan to mitigate and remove surgical smoke plume during a surgical procedure that uses heat-producing equipment, including but not limited to electrosurgery and lasers.

1. - 6. Repealed.

G. The emergency equipment in the surgical suite shall include:

1. a communication system that connects each operating room with a control center;

2. cardiac monitor;

3. resuscitator;

4. defibrillator;

5. aspirator (suction equipment); and

6. tracheotomy set.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:2100-2115.

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