Utah Admin. Code R432-200-21 - Resident Care Equipment

(1) The licensee shall provide equipment, in good working order, to meet the needs of residents.

(2) The licensee shall ensure that disposable and single-use items are properly disposed of after use.

(3) The licensee shall ensure that resident care equipment includes the following:

(a) self-help ambulation devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, and other devices deemed necessary in the resident plan of care, and policy may require that residents obtain their own equipment for long-term use;

(b) blood pressure equipment and stethoscopes, appropriate to the needs and number of residents;

(c) thermometers appropriate to the needs of residents;

(d) weight scales to weigh any resident;

(e) bedpans, urinals, and equipment to clean them;

(f) water pitchers, drinking glasses, and resident gowns;

(g) drug service trays;

(h) access to emergency oxygen including equipment for its administration;

(i) emesis basins;

(j) linens including sheets, blankets, bath towels, and wash cloths for not less than three complete changes for the facility's licensed bed capacity with a bedspread for each resident bed;

(k) personal items including toothbrush, comb, hair brush, soap for bathing and showering, denture cups, shaving apparatus, and shampoo;

(l) an individual chart for each resident;

(m) sterile and unsterile gloves; and

(n) ice bags.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R432-200-21

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-03, effective 1/22/2024