Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) General Requirements
All plumbing systems shall be designed and installed in
accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code, except that the number of
waterclosets, urinals, lavatories, drinking fountains and other fixtures shall
be as required by this Part.
b) Plumbing Fixtures
1) Plumbing fixtures shall be of
nonabsorptive, acid-resistant materials.
2) The water supply spout for lavatories and
sinks required for filling pitchers and for medical and nursing staff hand
washing shall be mounted so that its discharge point is a minimum perpendicular
distance of 5 inches above the rim of the fixture.
3) Hand-washing lavatories used by medical
and nursing staff shall be trimmed with valves that can be operated without the
use of hands where specifically required in this Part.
A) When blade handles are used for this
purpose the blade handles shall not exceed 41/2 inches in length, except that
the handles on clinical sinks shall not be less than 6 inches in
length.
B) The hand-washing and/or
scrub sinks for major procedure rooms shall be trimmed with valves that are
asceptically operated (i.e., knee or foot controls) without the use of hands.
Wrist blades are not acceptable.
4) Clinical rim flush sinks shall have an
integral trap in which the upper portion of a visible trap seal provides a
water surface.
c) Water
Supply Systems
1) Systems shall be designed
to supply water at sufficient pressure to operate all fixtures and equipment
during maximum demand periods.
2)
Each water service main, branch main, riser and branch to a group of fixtures
shall be valved. Stop valves shall be provided at each fixture.
3) Flush valves installed on plumbing
fixtures shall be of a quiet operating type, equipped with silencers.
4) Water distribution systems shall be
arranged to provide hot water at each hot water outlet at all times. Hot water
at shower and hand-washing facilities shall not exceed 110°F
(43°C).
d) Water
Heaters and Tanks
1) The water-heating
equipment shall have sufficient capacity to supply water at the temperatures
and quantities in the following areas:
Clinical
|
gallons/hour/bed
|
61/2
|
liters/second/bed
|
.007
|
temperature °F
|
100
|
temperature °C
|
43
|
Water temperatures are to be taken at hot water point of use or
inlet to processing equipment.
2) Storage tanks shall be fabricated of
corrosion-resistant metal or lined with non-corrosive material.
e) Drainage Systems
1) Drain lines from sinks in which acid
wastes may be poured shall be fabricated from acid-resistant
material.
2) Insofar as possible,
drain piping shall not be installed over major procedure rooms and similar
critical areas. Special precautions shall be taken to protect these areas from
possible leakage or condensation from such overhead piping systems.
3) Building sewers shall discharge into a
public sewerage system.
4) Where a
public sewerage system is not available, plans for any private sewage disposal
system shall be submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for
review for approval before construction is started.
f) Nonflammable medical gas systems shall be
installed in accordance with NFPA 99.
g) Clinical vacuum (suction) systems shall be
installed in accordance with NFPA 99.
h) Medical compressed air systems shall be
installed in accordance with NFPA 99.
i) Oxygen, vacuum and medical compressed air
shall be piped to the locations indicated in TABLE A with the required station
outlets.
j) Service outlets for
central housekeeping vacuum systems, if used, shall not be located within major
procedure rooms.
k) Fire
Extinguishing Systems
All fire extinguishing systems shall be designed, installed and
maintained in accordance with NFPA 101, NFPA 13, and NFPA 25.