An order issued by the Minister for Health specifies the medical equipment available in the intensive care and monitoring sector. This order also specifies the examinations that can be carried out, including in an emergency, every day of the year, 24 hours a day, whether in the unit or on its site.
In all neonatal intensive care units, the following must be ensured : 1° The permanent presence every day of the year, twenty-four hours a day, of at least one paediatrician with proven experience in neonatal resuscitation ; 2° The permanent presence, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, of at least one nurse specialising in childcare or experienced in neonatology for every two new-born babies hospitalised in neonatal…
Neonates requiring neonatal intensive care may be hospitalised in undifferentiated paediatric and neonatal intensive care units, provided that the beds for these neonates form an individual sector within the multi-purpose unit. These units also meet the conditions set out in articles R. 6123-43 to R. 6123-45 and article R. 6123-49, as well as the other conditions set out in articles D. 6124-58 and D. 6124-61. The health care organisation collects…
Regional hospitals have at least one obstetrics unit, one neonatology unit and one neonatal intensive care unit on the same site.
The training of the patient and the third party assisting the patient for self-dialysis or home dialysis is placed under the responsibility of a nephrologist, qualified or competent in nephrology; it is provided by nurses trained in dialysis. The haemodialysis centre has specific premises for this purpose.
The authorised healthcare establishment has haemodialysis treatment units, back-up units and training units for home haemodialysis or self-care dialysis when it carries out the latter two tasks. The haemodialysis station consists of a combination of a bed or chair for the patient, a haemodialysis machine and a treated water supply for dialysis. The fallback station is a haemodialysis station reserved for the temporary care of the patient in the event…
Every authorised health care establishment has, either on its own or under contract, one or more technicians trained in the use and maintenance of haemodialysis generators and water treatment systems, able to intervene at any time during the establishment’s opening period. An order from the Minister for Health specifies, for each of the arrangements provided for in article R. 6123-54, the operating conditions in terms of premises, technical equipment, medical…
A patient’s transfer, temporary or definitive withdrawal from a haemodialysis centre or medicalised dialysis unit, or hospitalisation is decided by a nephrologist in the establishment. Hospitalisation in the event of a medical emergency or complication of treatment is carried out in dedicated nephrology beds in the establishment where the patient is receiving dialysis, or in another healthcare establishment. In the latter case, the haemodialysis centre ensures continuity of extrarenal purification…
The haemodialysis centre, defined in articles R. 6123-58 to R. 6123-60, has at least eight haemodialysis treatment units. The same haemodialysis station may not be used for more than three patients per twenty-four hours. The centre also has at least one back-up haemodialysis machine for every eight treatment stations installed, reserved for this purpose. Two haemodialysis stations are also reserved for training in home dialysis and self-care dialysis, except when…
The haemodialysis centre has a medical team of at least two nephrologists. For more than fifteen chronic treatment units, this team includes one additional nephrologist for every eight units. At least one nephrologist ensures a permanent medical presence on the health care establishment’s site throughout haemodialysis sessions. Each of these nephrologists is qualified or competent in nephrology. The number of medical staff must comply with the authorisation decision and the…
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