WAC 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. 02-18-026, § 246-335-240, filed 8/23/02, effective 10/1/02.]