Rule 15-16-1-3.19.4 - Medical Equipment/Supplies The following items at a minimum, shall be available on the premises:
1. Suction machines-one per child requiring daily suctioning plus one suctioning machine for emergency use; 2. Double lockable narcotic cabinet; 3. Mechanical percussors and hand percussors, as prescribed; 4. Oxygen-in two portable tanks in storage carts (one with low flow, one with high flow regulator), two Oxygen concentrators (one with low flow, one with high flow regulator) or piped in with the appropriate tubing, neonate/infant, pediatric and adult manual resuscitation devices with masks to accommodate faces and tracheotomies; 5. Ventilator with provisions for mixing of gases to prescribed oxygen concentration as specifically prescribed shall be available per child requiring mechanical ventilation in the Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility; 6. Pulse oximeter with supplies; 7. Electronic Blood Pressure machine (Dinamap); 9. Thermometers-excluding glass thermometers, manual sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, otoscopes, and ophthalmoscopes; 10. Apnea monitoring supplies-belts, leads to apply to monitors brought from home; and 11. Disposable supplies, to include but not be limited to, gloves, scissors, and other disposable equipment needed by the child or by staff in the care of the child, shall be on hand at the Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility, as needed. 15 Miss. Code. R. § 16-1-3.19.4
Mississippi Code Annotated § 43-13-117