Section 250.1310  Cleaning

a)         Procedures for cleaning the operating rooms after each case may be more but not less stringent than the following:

1)         The operating room and its contents shall be thoroughly cleaned after each case.

2)         Furniture and equipment shall be washed with an approved disinfecting solution.   Gloves, syringes, instruments, and all wastes shall be soaked in an approved disinfecting solution.

3)         Specimen material for laboratory examination or research shall be placed in a closed container and the exterior of the container shall then be washed with an approved disinfecting solution.

4)         Nurses, surgeons, and anesthetists shall remove gowns and gloves at the door immediately before leaving the room.

5)         All linen shall be bagged in the operating room.  There shall be specific procedures for the identification and handling of surgery linen.

b)         The Infection Control Committee, in cooperation with the surgery service, shall develop guidelines and specific requirements for cleaning the operating room following the contaminated or infected case.

(Source:  Amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 10642, effective July 1, 1987)