Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XIV - Plumbing
Chapter 13 - Medical Facilities Plumbing Systems [formerly Appendix G - Medical Facilities Plumbing Systems]
Section XIV-1301 - General
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Scope. The following Subparagraphs provide the scope of this Chapter.
B. Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this Chapter and as stated elsewhere in this code, have the meanings shown herein. Refer to Chapter 2 of this code for general definitions.
Aspirator - a fitting or device supplied with water or other fluid under positive pressure which passes through an integral orifice or constriction causing a vacuum. (Aspirators are often referred to as suction apparatus, and are similar in operation to an ejector.)
Autoclave - see sterilizer, pressure.
Autopsy Table - a fixture or table used for post-mortem examination of a body.
Bedpan Hopper - see clinical sink.
Bedpan Steamer or Bedpan Boiler - a fixture used for scalding bedpans or urinals by direct application of steam or boiling water.
Bedpan Washer and Sterilizer -a fixture designed to wash bedpans and to flush the contents into the sanitary drainage system. It may also provide for emptying, cleaning, and sometimes for steaming bedpans, and for no other purpose.
Bedpan Washer Hose - a device supplied with hot and cold water and located adjacent to a water closet or clinical sink to be used for cleansing bedpans.
Clean Utility Room - a workroom, normally located near the nurses' station, designed and equipped to facilitate the heating and refrigeration of food items, placement of an ice machine, and/or the preparation, cleaning and incidental sterilization of the various supplies, instruments, utensils, etc., involved in nursing treatment and care.
Clinical Sink -a fixture meeting the design requirements of §1303. B of this code for the rinsing of bedpans and soiled linen. Such fixtures shall have a trap size of not less than 3 inches.
Effective Opening - the minimum cross-sectional area of the water outlet at the point of water supply discharge or the minimum cross-sectional area of the liquid waste outlet at the point of indirect waste pipe discharge, measured or expressed in terms of:
[This term is applicable to and mainly used when determining the minimum unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere {air gap (water distribution)} required between the water outlet and the flood rim level of the fixture or receptacle into which it is discharging. This term may also be applicable when determining the minimum unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere {air gap (drainage system)} required between a liquid waste outlet of an indirect waste pipe and the flood rim level of the indirect waste receptor.]
Medical Facilities - hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, renal dialysis centers, nursing homes, doctor's offices, clinics, and similar facilities providing medical care.
Nurses' Station - an area in the nursing unit separated from the corridor by counter or desk, designed to permit nurses to record and file each patient's history and progress, observation and control of corridor, preparation of medicines and maintain contact with patients, the hospital and the outside by local and public means of communication.
Scrub Sink - a device usually located in the operating suite to enable operating personnel to scrub their hands prior to the operating procedure. The hot and cold water supply is activated by a knee-action mixing valve or by wrist or pedal control
Soiled Utility Room - a small workroom, normally located near the nurses' station, which is designed and equipped for emptying, cleaning, and sometimes for steaming bedpans and patient urinals, and for no other purpose.
Sterilizer, Boiling Type -a device or fixture of the non-pressure design which is used for boiling instruments, utensils, and other equipment in order to disinfect them. Some devices are portable and others are connected to the plumbing system.
Sterilizer, Instrument -a device for the sterilization of various instruments.
Sterilizer, Pressure -a device or fixture of the pressure vessel design which uses steam under pressure for sterilizing. Also called an autoclave.
Sterilizer, Pressure Instrument Washer Sterilizer - a device or fixture of the pressure vessel design which both washes and sterilizes instruments during the operating cycle of the device or fixture.
Sterilizer, Utensil - a device or fixture for the sterilization of utensils used in hospital services.
Sterilizer Vent - a separate pipe or stack, indirectly connected to the building drainage system at the lower terminal, which receives the vapors from non-pressure sterilizers, or the exhaust vapors from pressure sterilizers, and conducts the vapors directly to the outer air. Sometimes called vapor, steam, atmospheric, or exhaust vent.
Sterilizer, Water - a device for sterilizing water and storing sterile water.
Still - a device used in distilling liquids.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(7) and R.S. 40:5(2)(3)(7)(9)(16)(17)(20).
