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4675.1100 GENERAL SERVICE AREAS.
The general service areas shall include the following elements:
A.
Employee locker areas for street clothes and other belongings, with access to toilet facilities.
B.
A clean supply room for receiving, storage, and assembly of clean and sterile supplies. It shall contain a sterilizer unless sterile supplies are received from a central supply service or a commercial supplier.
C.
A room for the processing of soiled instruments and other reusable surgical items, unless such processing is provided by an outside central supply service.
D.
A soiled linen collection room for collection and storage of linen which is to be processed either in an on-premise laundry or by an outside laundry service, unless an all-disposable linen service is utilized.
E.
The laundry, if provided, shall be designed and operated as required by the department for the processing of institutional linen.
F.
A separate storage area for solid waste. Collection, storage, and disposal of regular and infectious waste shall be in accordance with parts 4675.0100 to 4675.2800.
G.
An elevator of a size which can accommodate a standard stretcher and two attendants, if the facility is located at a level without direct access from street or ground level.
Statutory Authority:
MS s 144.56
Published Electronically:
January 21, 2000
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