N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-12.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43A-12.11 - Anesthesia supplies and equipment; maintenance and inspections

(a) A record shall be maintained of all service and maintenance performed on all anesthesia machines, ventilators, and vaporizers. The record shall include machine identification; the name of the servicing agent; the work performed; and the date of the work. This maintenance shall conform with maintenance requirements established by the machine manufacturer. Credentials of each servicing agent shall be approved by the machine manufacturer or shall be determined by the physician director of anesthesia services as equivalent to the credentials of manufacturers' servicing agents.

(b) All anesthesia equipment shall be inspected fully at the beginning of each day of use. A record of each such inspection shall be maintained for each machine. The inspection shall conform with a checklist that is supplied by the manufacturer of the machine, issued by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, or, alternatively, developed by the facility's anesthesia services and approved by the physician director of anesthesia services.

(c) All anesthesia equipment shall be inspected before each use. A record of each inspection shall be indicated on the patient's anesthesia record. Each record may consist of a checklist or single phrase explanation.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-12.11

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.8 and amended by R.2003 d.56, effective 2/3/2003.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 224(a), 35 New Jersey Register 857(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.11, Postanesthesia care policies and procedures, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:43A-12.14. In (a), substituted "as" for "to be" in the fourth sentence; in (c), rewrote the second and third sentences.