When ten or more beds are provided for contagious disease, they shall be contained in a separate nursing unit. Each patient room shall have a view window from the corridor, a separate toilet, a lavatory in the room, and shall contain no more than two beds. Each nursing unit shall contain a nurses' station, utility room, nurses' work room, treatment room, scrub sinks conveniently located in the corridor, serving pantry with separate dishwashing room adjacent, doctors' locker space and gown room, nurses' locker spare and gown room, janitors' closet, and a storage closet.
Glazed partitions between beds and a stretcher alcove are recommended.
Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4645, SPECIALIZED UNITS OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, pt. 4645.1400
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.55; 144.56