New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 52 - HOSPITAL SERVICES MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - FINANCIAL REPORTING PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Section 10:52-6.64 - Housekeeping (HKP)

1. Housekeeping shall be responsible for the maintenance of a clean and sanitary environment in the institution. The cost of routine cleansing of all areas, excluding Dietary (DTY) and Boiler Room (RPM) shall be included in housekeeping. The cost of housekeeping to non-acute care areas, gift and coffee shops, offices rented or maintained for fund raising, or non-approved education and research programs, and for the room and board of employees, students, or others, as well as the expense and revenue of providing housekeeping to entities outside of the hospital shall not be reported here but shall be reported in their appropriate cost center as in N.J.A.C 10:52-6.33 through 6.76. Specialized clean up activities associated with direct care of patients in nursing units and outpatient and ancillary centers shall be reported in those centers (see 10:52-6.33 through 6.77).

2. Functions shall include the following: Maid service; janitorial service; transporting trash to plant staging areas; mopping, stripping and waxing floors; washing of walls, ceilings, partitions and windows (inside and outside); stripping, disinfecting and making beds; and moving furniture and fixtures.