410 IAC 27-17-5 Environment

Sec. 5. The building or buildings, including fixtures, walls, floors, ceiling, and furnishings throughout, must be kept clean and orderly in accordance with current standards of practice, including the following: (1) Environmental services must be provided in such a way as to guard against transmission of disease to patients, health care workers, the public, and visitors by using the current principles of the following: (A) Asepsis. (B) Cross-contamination prevention. (C) Safe practice. (2) Refuse, biohazards, infectious waste, and garbage must be: (A) collected; (B) transported; (C) sorted; and (D) disposed of; by methods that will minimize nuisances or hazards in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and rules.