N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.62 - Central Supply Services (CSS)

(a) The functions included in the Central Supply Services (CSS) cost center are as follows:

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.

(b) Statistics: Costed Requisitions of All Medical and Surgical Supplies.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.62

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.64 and amended by R.2000 d.29, effective 1/18/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3151(a), 32 New Jersey Register 276(a).
In (a), substituted "included in the Central Supply Services (CSS) cost center" for "of the Central Supply Services (CSS)" in the introductory paragraph. Former N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.62, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SPA), recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.60.