S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-78.2900.2906

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-78.2900.2906 - Work Stations

A. A Hospice Facility shall include work stations for use by nursing and/or other direct care staff. Work stations shall be designed and constructed (or set up) in a manner conducive to the type of care provided by the Hospice Facility or that specific area of the Hospice Facility and the types of patients served.

B. At or near each work station, there shall be a telephone, an area for maintaining patient records and making entries, and toilet and handwashing sink.

C. At or near each work station, provisions shall be made for:

1. Secured storage for medications, which may be accomplished by the use of a separately secured medication cart, container, cabinet, or room, provided:

a. The method or methods used are of sufficient size to allow for neat, clean, and orderly storage of medications;

b. Separations are provided for the storage of each patient's medications;

c. Separations are provided for oral and topical medications.

2. Work space or area for the preparation of medications, which may be a counter, table top, or a separate room, to include being a part of a separate medication room.

D. A work station may not serve more than forty-four (44) beds.

EXCEPTION: A Hospice Facility may include a work station that serves more than forty-four (44) beds if the Hospice Facility provides additional services and facilities, and demonstrates the additional beds served will not adversely affect the health care provided to each patient.

E. A patient room shall not be located more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from the work station that serves that room.

F. At or near each work station, there shall be utility areas or rooms for separate storage of clean and soiled supplies and equipment. Each utility area shall contain a handwashing sink, work counter, waste receptacle, and space for the storage of supplies.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-78.2900.2906

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016.