Nev. Admin. Code § 449.Sec. 12.2 - NEW
1.
A person employed to engage in the practice of surgical technology in an
ambulatory surgical center pursuant to subsection 3 of
NRS
449.24185 must have passed a written
competency evaluation demonstrating that he or she is competent to practice
surgical technology and have:
(a) Not less
than 1 year of experience within the immediately preceding 3 years practicing
surgical technology in a hospital or surgical center for ambulatory patients
that is licensed in a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory or insular possession subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States; or
(b) Completed evidence-based training
concerning:
(1) Proper surgical
attire;
(2) Identification of
patients;
(3) Proper positioning of
a patient on an operating table;
(4) Consent of a patient to
surgery;
(5) Time-out before
surgery;
(6) The proper use of
instruments and equipment, including, without limitation, identifying dangers
associated with equipment;
(7)
Asepsis and sterile technique, including, without limitation, identifying a
break in the sterile field;
(8)
Washing hands before surgery;
(9)
Counting surgical instruments, surgical sponges and any other items used during
surgery that may be left in the body of a patient;
(10) Preparing medications in the sterile
field;
(11) The use of gowns and
gloves;
(12) Draping of the
patient;
(13) Proper care for
specimens;
(14) Procedures for
disinfecting and sterilizing equipment and supplies;
(15) Procedures for determining whether
equipment and supplies have been properly sterilized and measures to be taken
if a break in the sterile field is identified;
(16) Storage of sterile equipment and
supplies; and
(17) Environmental
cleaning and disinfecting the operating room.
2. An ambulatory surgical center shall be
deemed to have conducted a thorough and diligent search for the purposes of
subsection 3 of NRS
449.24185 if the ambulatory surgical center
advertises for a surgical technologist who meets the requirements of subsection
1 or 2 of NRS
449.24185 for not less than 30 days:
(a) In a newspaper of general circulation
within 50 miles of the ambulatory surgical center; or
(b) On an Internet website on which jobs in
health care are regularly posted.
3. The administrator of an ambulatory
surgical center that employs a person to engage in the practice of surgical
technology in the ambulatory surgical center pursuant to subsection 3 of
NRS
449.24185 shall maintain in the personnel
file of the person documentation demonstrating:
(a) Compliance with subsection 1 of this
section;
(b) Evidence of the
advertising conducted pursuant to subsection 2 of this section; and
(c) The reasons the ambulatory surgical
center was unable to employ a sufficient number of surgical technologists who
meet the requirements prescribed by subsection 1 or 2 of
NRS
449.24185.
4. As used in this section, "time-out" means
pausing immediately before surgery to confirm the identity of the patient, the
surgical procedure that will be performed and the site of the
surgery.
Notes
NRS 439.200, 449.0302, 449.24185
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