44:75:14:07Service

areas in obstetrical suite. The size of the service areas in each obstetrical suite depends on the obstetrical workload. Each obstetrical suite shall include the following service areas: (1) A supervisor's station; (2) Sterilizing facilities with high speed autoclave convenient to delivery rooms; (3) Facilities for storage and preparation of medication; (4) Scrub-up facilities adjacent to delivery rooms; (5) A soiled workroom containing a counter with a sink, clinical sink, hand sink, waste receptacle, and soiled linen receptacles; (6) Storage for sterile and unsterile supplies, which may be in clean workroom; (7) Storage room or cabinet for anesthetic agents; (8) Nitrous oxide and oxygen facilities with storage room if these services are not piped in; (9) Clean work area for storage and assembly of supplies, containing counter and sink; (10) Equipment storage area for surgical and monitoring equipment; (11) Floor receptor or service sink and storage for housekeeping supplies and equipment; (12) Clothing change areas, lockers, and toilet rooms with handwashing facility for doctors, nurses, technicians, and other personnel; and (13) Stretcher alcove.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; transferred from § 44:04:14:08, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015.