Home Medical Equipment and Supplies
Requires the Agency to arrange the supplies, equipment and prosthetic devices each patient needs at home (for example dressings, catheters and oxygen), and sets the policies 10A NCAC 13K .0504(b) requires: set-up, delivery, electrical safety and environment; cleaning, storage, maintenance and repair to the manufacturer's guidelines; transportation, tracking and recall; emergency back-up for equipment or power failure; and written patient instruction for each item, documented by staff.
About this policy
- Policy number
- NC-HSP-DME-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 10A NCAC 13K .0504
- Library
- North Carolina hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 21
In short
- We arrange the equipment and supplies each patient needs at home, such as oxygen, a hospital bed and dressings.
- Check that equipment is safe at set-up: good cords, a proper outlet, no extension cords for oxygen.
- Give the family written instructions for each item, watch them use it, and write down the teaching.
- No smoking or open flames near oxygen. Keep cylinders upright and secured.
- Every patient who depends on powered equipment has a back-up plan for a power failure.
- If equipment fails, tag it "do not use" and call the supplier or (919) 555-0199.
What's inside
21 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (10A NCAC 13K .0504)
- 5. What the Agency Provides
- 6. Suppliers and Contracts
- 7. Set-Up, Delivery, Electrical Safety and Environment
- 8. Cleaning, Storage, Maintenance and Repair
- 9. Transportation, Tracking and Recall
- 10. Emergency Back-Up for Equipment or Power Failure
- 11. Patient and Caregiver Instruction
- 12. Oxygen Safety
- 13. Removal After Discharge or Death
- 14. Responsibilities
- 15. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 16. Staff Training
- 17. References
- 18. Related Policies and Forms
- 19. Approval
- 20. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- How do you get oxygen and a hospital bed to a patient, and how fast?
- Show me the patient instruction materials for this equipment and where staff documented the instruction.
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