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. Instruments shall be soaked in an approved disinfecting solution.
- 3) Specimen material for laboratory examination or research shall be placed in a closed container.
- 4) Nurses, surgical technicians/assistants, surgeons, and anesthetists shall remove contaminated 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 a case in which an individual is infected or colonized with an organism requiring non-routine decontamination and cleaning materials (e.g. C auris, carbapenemase-producing organisms, C diff).
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 14395, effective October 27, 2025)