Minnesota Administrative Rules

4640.5800 SANITATION.

Subpart 1.

Patients' dishes.

Patients' dishes shall be washed, rinsed, disinfected, and stored separately from those used by employees.

Subp. 2.

Garbage disposal.

All garbage shall be disposed of in a manner acceptable to the commissioner of health.

Subp. 3.

Patients' laundry.

All patients' laundry shall be stored and sent to the laundry in bags which are clean on the outside and plainly marked to indicate their origin. These shall be tightly closed until the contents are placed in a washer. This laundry shall be washed separately from laundry of other sources. The laundry manager shall be instructed in the safe handling of such laundry.

Subp. 4.

Disposal of sputum.

A rigid routine for at least daily collections of sputum cups and bedside paper bags shall be carried out. These shall be burned in an incinerator.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.55; 144.56

History:

L 1977 c 305 s 39

Published Electronically:

November 12, 1997