410 IAC 27-17-4
410 IAC 27-17-4 Maintenance of equipment
Cite as Ind. Admin. Code tit. 410, r. 27-17-4
Sec. 4. All patient care equipment must be in good working order and regularly serviced and maintained as follows:
(1) All patient care equipment must be on a documented maintenance schedule of appropriate frequency in accordance with one (1)
of the following:
(A) Acceptable standards of practice.
(B) The manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule.
(2) There must be evidence of preventive maintenance on all patient care equipment.
(3) Appropriate records must be:
(A) kept pertaining to equipment maintenance, repairs, and electrical current leakage checks; and
(B) analyzed at least triennially.
(4) Defibrillators, if present, must be discharged at least in accordance with manufacturers' recommendations, and a discharge log
with initialed entries must be maintained.