1224.4.6.5 Nurse Call Systems

The location of nurse call devices shall comply with Table 1224.4.6.5. The design of call systems shall comply with the California Electrical Code, Part 3 of Title 24.

TABLE 1224.4.6.5
[OSHPD 1, 2, 3 & 4] LOCATION OF NURSE CALL DEVICES
KEY: ● Required

	AREA DESIGNATION	PATIENT STATION	BATH STATION	STAFF EMERGENCY STATION	CODE CALL STATION	NURSE MASTER STATION	DUTY STATION	NOTES
	Nursing Units
	Nursing Unit bed location	●						1, 2, 3, 4
	Patient toilets		●					2
	Patient showers and baths		●					2
	Critical care bed locations, including NICU	●		●	●			1, 2, 4, 5
	LDR/LDRP rooms	●		●	●			1, 2, 3, 4
	Newborn and special care nurseries			●	●
	Examination/treatment room			●			●
	Support Areas
	Nurse/control station					●
	Clean workroom						●
	Soiled workroom						●
	Medication preparation room						●
	Staff lounge						●
	Diagnostic and Treatment Areas
	Psychiatric seclusion ante/exam rooms			●
	Cesarean delivery rooms			●				2
	Emergency exam, treatment, triage rooms	●		●	●			1, 2, 4
	Observation unit patient station			●
	Operating rooms			●				2
	Preoperative patient care area	●		●				1, 2
	Recovery—PACU			●	●			2, 4
	MRI, CT, stress testing areas			●	●			2, 4
	Diagnostic radiology, fluoroscopy and ultrasound procedure rooms			●				2
	Cardiac catheterization, interventional imaging, angiography			●	●
	Nuclear medicine procedure room			●				2
	Endoscopy procedure room			●				2
	Electroconvulsive therapy procedure room			●