(a) Examination rooms shall be provided adequate to meet the volume of work to be accomplished, and each room shall provide a minimum of seventy square feet of usable floor space. In new construction or renovations, eighty square feet of usable floor space shall be provided.
(b) An examining room shall have a handwash lavatory within the room, equipped with a gooseneck inlet and wrist, knee or foot controls.
(c) A change area shall be provided for patients and provision shall be made for the safe storage of their personal effects.
(d) Operating or procedure rooms shall be provided adequate to meet the volume of work to be accomplished, and each room shall provide a minimum of 120 square feet of usable floor space. In new construction, 150 square feet of usable floor space shall be provided.
(e) No explosive anesthetic agents shall be used in the rooms.
(f) A supply of oxygen with appropriate masks or other means of administration shall be available in each operating room.
(g) Rooms shall be designed to permit the transfer of a patient from the table to a stretcher and to permit sufficient clearance on either side and at the foot of the table with necessary equipment and supplies in place.
(h) A nurse call signal shall be provided from procedure and examining rooms to a central control station, and all patient recovery areas and areas where patients are awaiting discharge will have a nurse call signal for each patient.
(i) A scrub sink with a gooseneck outlet shall be available in or adjacent to procedure rooms.
(j) Single use soap, scrub brushes and towels shall be utilized in patient care areas.
(k) Rooms shall contain a suitable operating table and other equipment necessary for the types of procedures to be accommodated.
(l) Sterilization equipment and space for the same shall be provided to process all supplies which require sterilization between uses. Equipment shall have sufficient capacity to accommodate the work load of the facility, and controls acceptable to the Director of the Department of Welfare shall be used to check effectiveness and ensure sterilization.
(Ord. 1978-72. Passed 10-18-78.)