New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 52 - HOSPITAL SERVICES MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - FINANCIAL REPORTING PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Section 10:52-6.62 - Central Supply Services (CSS)

1. Central Supply Services shall prepare and issue medical and surgical supplies and equipment, except pharmaceuticals and intravenous solutions to patients and to other cost centers.

2. The invoice cost of non-charged supplies and equipment issued to other centers shall be transferred to the using centers, preferably on a monthly basis. The invoice cost of charged medical supplies shall be transferred to the Medical and Surgical Supplies Sold Center, preferably on a monthly basis.

3. The cost of non-charged reusable medical supplies and equipment requisitioned from CSS by different centers (for example, respirators) shall be reported in the Central Supply Service Center. Costs associated with non-charged reusable medical supplies and equipment requisitioned from only one center shall be reported in that center.

4. Functions shall include the following: Requisitioning and issuing of appropriate supply items required for patient care; preparing sterile irrigating solutions; collecting, assembling, sterilizing, and redistributing reusable items; and cleaning, assembling, maintaining, and issuing portable apparatus.