Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 137.12 - Delivery suite(a) Each delivery room shall be maintained and supplied as a separate unit which contains the equipment and supplies necessary for normal delivery, including examination and care of infants, and for the immediate management of complications in mother and infant. The obstetrical delivery suite shall be in an area which does not have traffic-bearing corridors to other parts of the hospital and which is physically separated from other departments.(b) Each delivery room shall be equipped for administration of inhalation and regional anesthesia.(c) Each delivery room shall have a functioning source of emergency electrical power.(d) Caesarean sections may be performed in an operating room on the surgical service or in an operating room within the labor and delivery unit. At least one delivery room should be equipped for the performance of emergency Caesarean sections.(e) Each delivery room shall have an emergency call or intercommunication system.(f) Oxygen and suction equipment which can be accurately regulated shall be available for both mother and infant in each delivery room.(g) Equipment for examination, identification and care of infants shall be readily available to each delivery room.(h) The delivery room and equipment shall be cleaned after each patient's delivery is completed.(i) A movable heated bassinet, transport incubator, or similar device should be made available to transport an infant from the delivery room. Oxygen shall be available for use during transit in cases of neonatal distress. Elevators, when used to transport infants from the delivery room shall be kept free of other passengers. The medical record of the infant shall accompany him to the nursery.(j) Scrub sinks, equipped with elbow, knee or foot controls; hot and cold running water with mixer; and hand scrubbing accessories shall be available adjacent to or within all delivery rooms.