Minnesota Administrative Rules

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.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.56

Published Electronically:

January 21, 2000