105 CMR 150.390 - Utility Rooms - Nursing Care Units
(A)
Separate Clean and Soiled Rooms Required. Each unit
shall contain separate clean and soiled utility rooms which shall not be
interconnected but shall have separate entrances off the corridor.
(B)
Clean Utility
Room. The clean utility room shall contain wall hung and base
cabinets. The base cabinet shall be equipped with a counter top and sink with
hot and cold running water and a gooseneck spout. The minimum area shall be
70-square feet with no dimension less than six feet.
(C)
Soiled Utility
Room. The soiled utility room shall contain a service sink with
gooseneck faucet and hot and cold running water; either a clinical service sink
or a device to ensure adequate waste disposal, and washing and sanitizing of
equipment; and a work counter with contiguous space at least 24 inches wide and
36 inches high by four feet long. Handwashing facilities shall be provided. The
minimum area shall be 70-square feet with no dimension less than six
feet.
(D) Smaller dimensions maybe
approved for HB/LTCFs and long term care facility with 20 or fewer
single-occupancy resident bedrooms per unit and no multi-bed rooms.
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