| (1) |
A small animal hospital shall, in addition to the requirements of rule 23 consist of— |
| (a) |
one or more rooms for the treatment and preoperative preparation of patients, which shall be convenient to the operating room; |
| (b) |
a separate room which is equipped as an operating room and has: |
| (i) |
an adequate light source; |
| (ii) |
a surgical table with an impervious operating surface that can be easily cleansed and disinfected; |
| (iii) |
a gas anaesthetic apparatus; |
| (iv) |
an adequate supply of oxygen; |
| (v) |
a radiographic viewer; and |
| (vi) |
adequate ventilation. |
| (2) |
The operating room must be of adequate size and there must be an adequate supply of equipment and instruments at all times. |
| (3) |
There shall be no thoroughfare through an operating room and it shall not be used as a storage room. |
| (4) |
Only final preparation of the patient shall be done in the operating room. |
| (5) |
Aseptic conditions shall be maintained in the operating room, which include the use of sterilised gowns, gloves, masks, caps and drapes, and the sterilisation and re-sterilisation of all surgical instruments at least every three weeks. In case of routine surgery, that is not complicated abdominal, orthopaedic or cardio-vascular surgery, sterilised gowns may be dispensed with. |
[Subrule (5) substituted by section 15 of Notice 868 of 2009]
| (6) |
Suitable scrubbing facilities shall be available. |
| (7) |
A ward in which patients can be kept shall— |
| (a) |
have a separate cage of adequate size for each patient; and |
| (b) |
be adequately ventilated and, if necessary, heated or cooled. |
| (8) |
An animal shall not be hospitalised overnight at a hospital except if full-time supervision is available at the hospital concerned. |
| (9) |
An area in which patients can be exercised indooorrs outdoors shall be designed and constructed in a manner that will prevent escape and promote the maintenance of hygiene. |
Statistics Act, 1999
