Section 22-B2809. POSTANESTHETIC RECOVERY ROOM (PAR)  


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    2809.1In each pediatric trauma care facility, the postanesthetic recovery room (PAR), which may be the Surgical Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), shall be staffed and equipped as follows:

     

    (a)Registered nurses and other essential personnel twenty-four (24) hours per day;

     

    (b)Equipment for the continuous monitoring of temperature, hemodynamics, and gas exchange;

     

    (c)Equipment for the continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure;

     

    (d)Pulse oximetry; and

     

    (e)Thermal control.

     

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Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 8779 (October 29, 1999); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 3933 (April 16, 2004) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7277 (July 23, 2004).