WAC 246-335-746. Utility rooms

(1) A hospice care center applicant or licensee must provide a clean utility room with no direct connection to soiled utility services, including: (a) Sufficient clean storage and handling area(s); (b) Closed storage for clean and sterile supplies and equipment; (c) A work surface; (d) A handwash sink; (e) Soap and towel dispenser; and (f) A self-closing door. (2) The hospice care center must provide a soiled utility room on each floor of the center with no direct connection to clean utility services, including: (a) A clinic service sink, siphon jet or equivalent with bedpan flushing attachment unless bedpan flushing devices are furnished in all patient toilets; (b) A counter top, two-compartment sink, and gooseneck spout or equivalent; (c) Storage for cleaning supplies and equipment; (d) Soap and towel dispenser; (e) Locked storage for chemicals; and (f) A self-closing door.