Section 246-335-240. Utility rooms.

(1) A hospice care center applicant or licensee must provide a clean utility room with no direct connection to soiled utility services, including:

(a) Sufficient clean storage and handling area(s);

(b) Closed storage for clean and sterile supplies and equipment;

(c) A work surface;

(d) Handwash sink;

(e) Soap and towel dispenser; and

(f) A self-closing door.

(2) The hospice care center must provide a soiled utility room on each floor of the center with no direct connection to clean utility services, including:

(a) A clinic service sink, siphon jet or equivalent with bedpan flushing attachment unless bedpan flushing devices are furnished in all patient toilets;

(b) Counter top, two-compartment sink, and gooseneck spout or equivalent;

(c) Storage for cleaning supplies and equipment;

(d) Soap and towel dispenser;

(e) Locked storage for chemicals; and

(f) Self-closing door.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.127 RCW. WSR 02-18-026, § 246-335-240, filed 8/23/02, effective 10/1/02.]

Chapter 70.127 RCW. WSR 02-18-026, § 246-335-240, filed 8/23/02, effective 10/1/02.