S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-93.2600.2606

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

Section 61-93.2600.2606 - Temperature Control (I)

A. Facilities shall ensure that plumbing fixtures accessible to Patients and requiring hot water to have a water supply that is thermostatically controlled to a temperature of at least one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit and not to exceed one hundred and twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit at the fixture.

B. Residential Facilities shall ensure that water heaters provide at least six (6) gallons of water per hour per bed at the above temperature range. (II)

C. Hot water supplied to the kitchen equipment/utensil washing sink shall be supplied at one hundred and twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit provided all kitchen equipment/utensils are chemically sanitized. For those Facilities sanitizing with hot water, the sanitizing compartment of the kitchen equipment and utensil washing sink shall be capable of maintaining the water at a temperature of at least one hundred and seventy one (171) degrees Fahrenheit.

D. Hot water provided for washing linen and clothing shall not be less than one hundred and sixty (160) degrees Fahrenheit. Should chlorine additives or other chemicals which contribute to the margin of safety in disinfecting linen/clothing be a part of the washing cycle, the minimum hot water temperature shall not be less than one hundred and ten (110) degrees Fahrenheit, provided hot air drying is used. (II)

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-93.2600.2606

Added by State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.