Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-200 - Small Health Care Facility - Four to Sixteen Beds
Section R432-200-21 - Resident Care Equipment
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-200-21
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The licensee shall provide equipment, in good working order, to meet the needs of residents.
(2) The licensee shall ensure that disposable and single-use items are properly disposed of after use.
(3) The licensee shall ensure that resident care equipment includes the following:
(a) self-help ambulation devices such as
wheelchairs, walkers, and other devices deemed necessary in the resident plan
of care, and policy may require that residents obtain their own equipment for
long-term use;
(b) blood pressure
equipment and stethoscopes, appropriate to the needs and number of
residents;
(c) thermometers
appropriate to the needs of residents;
(d) weight scales to weigh any
resident;
(e) bedpans, urinals, and
equipment to clean them;
(f) water
pitchers, drinking glasses, and resident gowns;
(g) drug service trays;
(h) access to emergency oxygen including
equipment for its administration;
(i) emesis basins;
(j) linens including sheets, blankets, bath
towels, and wash cloths for not less than three complete changes for the
facility's licensed bed capacity with a bedspread for each resident
bed;
(k) personal items including
toothbrush, comb, hair brush, soap for bathing and showering, denture cups,
shaving apparatus, and shampoo;
(l)
an individual chart for each resident;
(m) sterile and unsterile gloves;
and
(n) ice bags.
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