R432-200-21. Resident Care Equipment

(1) The licensee shall provide equipment, in good working order, to meet the needs of residents. (2) The licensee shall ensure that disposable and single-use items are properly disposed of after use. (3) The licensee shall ensure that resident care equipment includes the following: (a) self-help ambulation devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, and other devices deemed necessary in the resident plan of care, and policy may require that residents obtain their own equipment for long-term use; (b) blood pressure equipment and stethoscopes, appropriate to the needs and number of residents; (c) thermometers appropriate to the needs of residents; (d) weight scales to weigh any resident; (e) bedpans, urinals, and equipment to clean them; (f) water pitchers, drinking glasses, and resident gowns; (g) drug service trays; (h) access to emergency oxygen including equipment for its administration; (i) emesis basins; (j) linens including sheets, blankets, bath towels, and wash cloths for not less than three complete changes for the facility's licensed bed capacity with a bedspread for each resident bed; (k) personal items including toothbrush, comb, hair brush, soap for bathing and showering, denture cups, shaving apparatus, and shampoo; (l) an individual chart for each resident; (m) sterile and unsterile gloves; and (n) ice bags.