Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 150.000 - Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities
Section 150.390 - Utility Rooms - Nursing Care Units

Universal Citation: 105 MA Code of Regs 105.150

Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024

(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.

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