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Q: How does one handle a "Soiled Utility" room in an Ambulatory Healthcare Occupancy? If it is a small storage room without large volumes of flammable liquids, but perhaps containing …
Q: Do business occupancy buildings with soiled utility rooms have to be one-hour fire-rated or just sprinkled if the building falls under a hospital license and will be inspected by …
Q: Is it a requirement that all units have a soiled utility room? A: It is not a Life Safety Code requirement or a NFPA requirement that all units must …
Q: Is it required that all soiled utility rooms have a dedicated sink for handwashing only? A: The NFPA Life Safety Code and related standards do not address this issue, …
Q: What is the protocol to maintain a soiled utility room on a patient floor? What guidelines have to be met? A: As far as what guidelines have to be …
Q: Are you aware of any door signage requirements for soiled utility rooms and/or trash rooms? A: There is no Life Safety Code requirement for signs on a soiled utility …
Q: Where is the reference in the Life Safety Code that requires the doors to housekeeping or soiled utility rooms to be locked? I have a Risk Management director that …
Q: We plan to take an existing small closet and make it into a new soiled linen room. It measures approximately 35 square feet and I plan to construct this …
Q: Do soiled utility room doors have to be locked all the time? I was informed by our VP Quality Assurance that all of the soiled utility room doors must …
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