N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.16.64

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 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.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.16.64

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, June 25, 2024, eff. 7/1/2024