Wash. Admin. Code § 246-335-746

Current through Register Vol. 25-01, January 1, 2025

Section 246-335-746 - 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) A 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) A 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) A self-closing door.

Wash. Admin. Code § 246-335-746

Adopted by WSR 18-06-093, Filed 3/6/2018, effective 4/6/2018