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(a) Each facility, with the exception of home health agencies and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, must provide a housekeeping service.
(b) A facility must have routine cleaning procedures for furniture, floors, walls, ceilings, supply and exhaust grills, and lighting fixtures.
(c) A facility must have written procedures for cleaning all areas of the facility, including cleaning of a patient unit following discharge of a patient.
(d) Housekeeping personnel must wear clean cap, mask, and gown when cleaning a surgical or delivery suite.
(e) A facility must maintain sufficient housekeeping cleaning supplies and equipment. Separate equipment must be provided for operating rooms, delivery rooms, the nursery and dietary area. Housekeeping equipment and cleaning supplies, other than those in bulk, must be stored in designated housekeeping supply rooms. A detergent germicide must be used for all cleaning and dusting purposes. Mop heads must be removable and must be changed at least daily.
(f) Each facility must provide a sufficient housekeeping service to maintain the interior of the facility in a safe, clean, orderly and attractive manner and free from offensive odors.
History: Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/4/97, Register 142
Authority: AS 18.05.040
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