NAC449.61224. Perfusion team: Use required; qualifications; approval of members by surgeon of record.

     1. An approved hospital shall use a perfusion team, which must include a senior perfusionist who is responsible for the supervision of all perfusion services provided by the team.

     2. The senior perfusionist must be certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusionists. The other perfusionists of the heart-lung bypass machine must be certified or eligible for certification by the Board.

     3. The senior perfusionist and the other perfusionists must:

     (a) Be trained in:

          (1) Aseptic techniques required in an operating room;

          (2) Perfusion physiology; and

          (3) The use of monitoring equipment; and

     (b) Have a general understanding of commonly performed cardiac surgical procedures.

     4. The cardiac surgeon of record shall approve each perfusionist involved with the surgeon’s patients as being competent to operate the heart-lung bypass machine properly before allowing that person to operate the machine during open-heart surgery.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 8-31-89)