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2.9-3.8 Support Areas for the Endoscopy Procedure Area and Other Patient Care Areas
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A nurse or control station that meets the requirements in Section 2.1-3.8.2 (Nurse Station) shall be provided.
The nurse or control station shall be located to permit visual observation of all traffic entering the patient care and diagnostic areas.
See Section 2.1-3.8.8 (Medication Safety Zones) for requirements.
A soiled workroom or soiled holding room that meets the requirements in Section 2.1-3.8.12 (Soiled Workroom or Soiled Holding Room) shall be provided.
The soiled workroom or soiled holding room shall be physically separated from all other areas of the facility.
The soiled workroom or soiled holding room shall be permitted to be shared with other clinical services in the same outpatient facility.
- Storage room(s) shall be provided for storage of equipment and clean clinical supplies (including anesthesia equipment and supplies) used in the procedure suite.
- At minimum, storage room(s) for equipment and clean clinical supplies shall have a combined floor area of 25 square feet (7.62 square meters) per procedure room.
See Section 2.1-3.8.13.3 (Wheelchair storage and parking space) for requirements.
Space for emergency resuscitation equipment and supplies shall be provided adjacent to the procedure room(s) and pre- and post-procedure patient care areas in accordance with Section 2.1-3.8.13.4 (Emergency equipment storage).
Storage in accordance with NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code, including space for reserve cylinders, shall be provided for medical gas(es) used in the facility.
An environmental services room that meets the requirements in Section 2.1-5.3.1.2 (Environmental services room for facility-based environmental services) shall be provided exclusively for the endoscopy procedure suite.
Fluid waste disposal facilities shall be located in the endoscopy facility.
In the procedure area, a clinical sink or equivalent equipment in a soiled workroom (see Section 2.9-3.8.12) shall be permitted to meet this requirement.
In the recovery area, a toilet equipped with a bedpan-rinsing device in the patient toilet room referred to in Section 2.9-3.10.2 (Patient Toilet Room) or a separate clinical sink shall be permitted to meet this requirement.
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