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Medical Supplies and Equipment

Sets out how the Agency coordinates medical supplies and equipment for the palliation and management of the terminal illness and related conditions, educates patients, families, employees and volunteers on safe use, inspects and maintains all hospice-owned patient care equipment at least once a year and in line with manufacturer specifications, cleans, stores, tracks and distributes hospice-owned equipment, stores supplies cleanly, and uses only qualified equipment suppliers.

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About this policy
Policy number
MO-HSP-DME-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
19 CSR 30-35.010(2)(I)
Library
Missouri hospice · 59 policies
Category
Clinical tasks
Sections
20

In short

  • Order the equipment and supplies a patient needs for comfort and safety; urgent items should arrive the same day.
  • Teach the family to use each piece of equipment and ask them to show you at the next visit.
  • Agency-owned equipment is inspected and maintained at least once a year. Do not issue an item that is overdue.
  • Clean and disinfect equipment after each patient, tag it clean, and keep clean and used items apart.
  • Teach oxygen safety: no smoking, flames or candles near oxygen.

What's inside

20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (19 CSR 30-35.010(2)(I); 42 CFR §418.106(f))
  • 5. Ordering and Delivering Equipment and Supplies
  • 6. Suppliers
  • 7. Teaching Safe Use
  • 8. Hospice-Owned Equipment
  • 9. Supply Storage
  • 10. Oxygen Safety
  • 11. Equipment Problems and Recalls
  • 12. Removal After Discharge or Death
  • 13. Responsibilities
  • 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 15. Staff Training
  • 16. References
  • 17. Related Policies and Forms
  • 18. Approval
  • 19. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me the evidence that every piece of hospice-owned patient care equipment was inspected and maintained in the last year.
  • How do you clean, store and track your equipment between patients?

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