16 Del. Admin. Code § 3375-13.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 5, November 1, 2024

Section 3375-13.0 - Equipment As per Delacare Requirements for Day Care Centers

13.1 Fire Safety

13.1.1 Fire extinguishers and smoke detectors;

13.1.2 Emergency generator (portable).

13.2 Nursing Equipment and Supplies - There shall be sufficient equipment and supplies for nursing care to meet the needs of each patient. It shall be the responsibility of the administrator/ director to obtain specific items required for individual cases when so requested by the physician. The following items should be available as needed:

13.2.1 Nebulizers/Vaporizers - cool mist type - one at bedside of each child with a respiratory diagnosis as prescribed;

13.2.2 Mist tents - one per child with respiratory diagnosis as prescribed;

13.2.3 Mechanical percussors and hand percussors as prescribed;

13.2.4 Basic emergency equipment according to recommendations of the Medical Director, advisory board and primary physicians for individual children. Minimal emergency equipment to be available in a PPECC is listed in Emergency Equipment, Section K;

13.2.5 oxygen - in two portable tanks with appropriate tubing, pediatric ambu bag and masks for faces and tracheotomies;

13.2.6 Oxygen concentrators - for children on continuous 02 therapy;

13.2.7 Ventilator with provision for mixing of gases to provide prescribed oxygen concentration as specifically prescribed shall be available as a back-up unit when a ventilator-dependent child is in the facility;

13.2.8 Electronic thermometers - no glass thermometers;

13.2.9 Sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, otoscopes;

13.2.10 Apnea monitoring supplies - i.e., belts, leads to apply to monitors from home;

13.2.11 Supplies of disposable equipment shall be on hand at the facility but not routinely provided if the family obtains supplies elsewhere. Disposable equipment/ supplies shall include suction catheters, gastrostomy tubes, nasogastric tubes, foley catheters, dressing supplies, syringes, needles.

13.2.12 All medical equipment will be safely stored when not in use.

16 Del. Admin. Code § 3375-13.0

25 DE Reg. 779( 2/1/2022) (final)