N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.16.64 - RESIDENT CARE EQUIPMENT
A.
Personal need items: When a resident because of their conditions needs a
mouthwash cup, a wash basin, a soap dish, a bedpan, an emesis basin, or a
standard urinal and cover, that item shall be provided to the resident. This
equipment may not be interchanged between residents until it is effectively
washed and sanitized.
B.
Thermometers: If reusable oral and rectal thermometers are used, they shall be
cleaned and disinfected between use.
C. First aid supplies: Each nursing unit
shall be supplied with first aid supplies, including bandages, sterile gauze
dressings, bandage scissors, tape, and a sling tourniquet.
D. Other equipment: Other equipment, such as
wheelchairs with brakes, footstools, commodes, foot cradles, footboards,
under-the-mattress bedboards, walkers, trapeze frames, transfer boards,
parallel bars, reciprocal pulleys, suction machines, patient lifts and stryker
or froster frames, shall be used as needed for the care of the
residents.
Notes
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