LAC 48:I.9443. Surgery Suite and Equipment

A. The surgical suite shall be appropriately equipped and consist of a clear floor area to accommodate the equipment and personnel required, allowing for aseptic technique. B. The surgical suite(s) shall be located in a segregated area out of the line of traffic of visitors and personnel from other departments and arranged so as to prevent traffic through them. C. There shall be scrub-up facilities in the surgical suite providing hot and cold running water and equipped with knee, foot or elbow faucet controls. D. There shall be a provision for washing instruments and equipment, which are to be cleaned within the surgical suite. If an autoclave is present, the same operating requirements referenced in Subchapter K, Infection Control shall be implemented. E. There shall be policies and procedures, approved by the Infection Control Officer(s) that addresses terminal cleaning of the operating room as well as cleaning of the room between surgical cases. F. There shall be policies and procedures for a surgical smoke plume evacuation plan to mitigate and remove surgical smoke plume during a surgical procedure that uses heat-producing equipment, including but not limited to electrosurgery and lasers.