Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 72557 - Equipment and Supplies
(a)
Equipment and supplies in each facility shall be of the quality and in the
quantity necessary for care of patients as ordered or indicated. At least the
following items shall be provided and properly maintained at all times:
(1) Airways.
(2) Bedpans.
(3) Catheter equipment.
(4) Clerical supplies and
equipment.
(5) Denture
cups.
(6) Drug service trays and/or
carts.
(7) Ear syringes.
(8) Emergency oxygen supply and equipment for
administration.
(9) Emesis
basins.
(10) Examination
light.
(11) First aid supplies, as
determined by the patient care policy committee.
(12) Flashlights.
(13) Gloves (sterile and
unsterile).
(14) Ice
caps.
(15) Intravenous therapy
supplies if facility provides such services.
(16) Medicine droppers.
(17) Medicine glasses, cups or other small
containers which are accurately calibrated.
(18) Mortar and pestle.
(19) Rectal speculum.
(20) Refrigerator with accurate
thermometer.
(21) Rubber
tubing.
(22) Scales for weighing
all patients.
(23) Shower and
commode chairs, wheelchairs and walkers.
(24) Soap for bathing.
(25) Soap dishes or soap
containers.
(26)
Sphygmomanometers.
(27) Sterile
dressings.
(28)
Stethoscopes.
(29) Suction
apparatus.
(30) Suture
tray.
(31) Suture removal
equipment.
(32) Syringes and
needles.
(33) Test supplies
necessary to perform urine sugar and acetone testing.
(34) Thermometers, oral and rectal.
(35) Tongue depressors.
(36) Urinals.
(37) Vaginal speculum.
(38) Washbasins.
(39) Water pitchers and drinking
vessels.
(b) The facility
shall provide current authoritive, pertinent, basic books, periodicals and
reference materials related to all services provided. At least the following
shall be provided:
(1) Dictionaries, medical
and standard.
(2) Directories of
available community resources.
(3)
Current publications relating to gerontological nursing.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208(a) and 1275, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.
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