Part 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.H. A janitors closet with a service sink and with storage space for housekeeping items.Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4675, PATIENT TREATMENT AREAS, pt. 4675.1100
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.56