Utility Rooms - Nursing Care Units
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, §§ 3, 71, and 72Department of Public Health
- (A) Separate Clean and Soiled Rooms Required. Each unit shall contain separate clean and soiled utility rooms which shall not be interconnected but shall have separate entrances off the corridor.
- (B) Clean Utility Room. The clean utility room shall contain wall hung and base cabinets. The base cabinet shall be equipped with a counter top and sink with hot and cold running water and a gooseneck spout. The minimum area shall be 70-square feet with no dimension less than six feet.
- (C) Soiled Utility Room. The soiled utility room shall contain a service sink with gooseneck faucet and hot and cold running water; either a clinical service sink or a device to ensure adequate waste disposal, and washing and sanitizing of equipment; and a work counter with contiguous space at least 24 inches wide and 36 inches high by four feet long. Handwashing facilities shall be provided. The minimum area shall be 70-square feet with no dimension less than six feet.
- (D) Smaller dimensions maybe approved for HB/LTCFs and long term care facility with 20 or fewer single-occupancy resident bedrooms per unit and no multi-bed rooms.