New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter V - Medical Facilities › Subchapter C - State Hospital Code › Article 2 - Medical Facility Construction › Part 712 - Standards Of Construction For General Hospital Facilities › Subpart 712-1 - Standards For General Hospital Construction Projects Approved Or Completed Prior To October 14, 1998 › Section 712-1.15 - Intensive care units

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Where provided, and depending upon the number of
						  inpatient beds and its specialty services, a hospital's intensive care unit may
						  be multipurpose, for intensive treatment of critically ill patients with a wide
						  variety of diagnoses; or special purpose, for the continuous care of patients
						  in special diagnostic categories, which may include, but not be limited to:
						  burns, coronary care, pulmonary care, and surgical (including trauma) intensive
						  care units.
(a) Intensive care units,
						where provided shall be equivalent to a closed nursing unit, with no traffic to
						any other hospital department or to any required exit. All nursing service
						areas shall be contained within the unit, so that nursing personnel will not be
						required to leave the unit for functional needs.
(b) Any room used for intensive care may be
						subdivided with properly rated noncombustible partitions, provided that the
						arrangement allows for direct supervision by nursing personnel. Rooms that are
						so subdivided shall not exceed 5,000 square feet.
(c) Enough space shall be provided around
						each bed to make it easily accessible for routine and emergency care of
						patients and to accommodate bulky equipment that may be needed.
(d) Direct observation of all patients shall
						be possible from a central observation or monitoring station.
(e) Patients shall be sheltered as much as
						possible from the activity and noise of the unit and adjacent beds by the use
						of partitions, flame resistant drapes over glass areas between beds, and/or
						flame resistant cubicle curtains.
(f) Oxygen and suction shall be available to
						each bed.
(g) A handwashing
						facility with other than hand controls should be provided adjacent to each bed
						cubicle. In any event there shall be a minimum of one lavatory for every four
						or less beds provided adjacent to each area with four or more beds.
(h) A soiled utility room or rooms shall be
						located in close proximity to bed cubicles to provide a minimum of cross
						traffic with soiled containers. Toilets with bedpan flushing devices may
						function as sub-soiled rooms.
(i)
						Nursing services areas shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) A nursing observation station, adequate
						in size for nurse's charting, doctor's charting, monitoring equipment, and
						alarm system to summon additional personnel for special emergency
						use.
(2) A clean workroom, which
						may be combined with nursing station.
(3) A nourishment station.
(4) A medication room with a locked cabinet,
						which may be located in a clean utility room.
(5) Clean linen storage, which may be part of
						clean utility room.
(6) A soiled
						holding room, which may be combined with soiled utility room.
(7) Storage space for special equipment,
						including crash carts, and all diagnostic monitoring and resuscitative
						equipment.
(8) A nurse's toilet
						room.
(9) A nurse's office and/or
						conference room shall be provided, as required by workload.