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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 22. Social Services |
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Agency 40. Department of Social Services |
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Chapter 72. Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities |
Section 690. Oxygen therapy
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When oxygen therapy is provided, the following safety precautions shall be met and maintained:
1. The facility shall have a valid physician's or other prescriber's order that includes the following:
a. The oxygen source (such as compressed gas or concentrators);
b. The delivery device (such as nasal cannula, reservoir nasal cannulas or masks); and
c. The flow rate deemed therapeutic for the resident.
2. The facility shall post "No Smoking-Oxygen in Use" signs and enforce the smoking prohibition in any room of a building where oxygen is in use.
3. The facility shall ensure that only oxygen from a portable source shall be used by residents when they are outside their rooms. The use of long plastic tether lines to the source of oxygen is not permitted.
4. The facility shall make available to staff the emergency numbers to contact the resident's physician or other prescriber and the oxygen vendor for emergency service or replacement.
5. The facility shall demonstrate that all direct care staff responsible for assisting residents who use oxygen supplies have had training or instruction in the use and maintenance of resident-specific equipment.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 23, Issue 06, eff. December 28, 2006.