The ambulatory surgical facility shall have effective policies and procedures regarding surgical privileges, maintenance of the operating rooms and evaluation of the surgical patient.
1. Surgical privileges according to covered surgical procedures shall be delineated for all physicians doing surgery in accordance with the competencies of each physician. A roster shall be kept in the confidential files of the operating room supervisor and in the files of the administrator.2. The operating room register shall be complete and up-to-date.3. There shall be a complete history and physical work-up in the chart of every patient prior to surgery plus documentation of a properly executed informed patient consent.4. There shall be adequate provision for immediate postoperative care.5. An operative report describing techniques and findings shall be written or dictated immediately following surgery and signed by the surgeon.6. A procedure shall exist in establishing a program for identifying and preventing infections, maintaining a sanitary environment, and reporting results to appropriate authorities. The operating surgeon shall be required to report back to the facility an infection for infection control follow-up.7. The operating rooms shall be supervised by an experienced registered professional nurse.8. The following equipment shall be available to the operating suite: emergency call system, oxygen, mechanical ventilatory assistance equipment, including airways and manual breathing bag, cardiac defibrillator, cardiac monitoring equipment, thoracotomy set, tracheotomy set, laryngoscopes and endotracheal tubes, suction equipment, emergency drugs and supplies specified by the medical staff. Personnel trained in the use of emergency equipment and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation must be available whenever there is a patient in the ambulatory surgical facility.9. Precautions shall be taken to eliminate shock hazards, including use of shoe covers.10. Rules and regulations or policies related to the operating room shall be available for ambulatory surgical facility personnel and physicians.15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-42.19.1
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