The comments on the cdc health blog inspecting outpatient surgery centers lapses in infection prevention make reference to.
Medical exam room sink requirements.
Joined sep 14 2016 messages 12 location miami fl.
Medical offices must provide exit routes from each exam room so that patients and staff can safely escape the building in case of fire or other emergencies.
Not that i doubt you on the sink in every exam room claim but could you cite the cms source as i have not been able to find one.
Department of hospitals in mass.
Required sink in room with doors not spaces with curtains.
Jan 18 2017.
There is no national requirement or guideline about sinks in medical office exam rooms that i am aware of.
If x rays are performed in the exam room osha regulations require the equipment to be labeled with caution signs and limiting employee exposure to radiation by supplying personal radiation monitors to those working in restricted areas.
Exam room layout that facilitates physical exam and other procedures.
The individual facility chapters though have additional specific requirements for hand washing stations in certain locations.
Hand washing sinks are required within examination and treatment rooms for outpatient surgical facilities.
For more information refer to the fgi guidelines.
Joined nov 25 2009 messages 7 537.
There is still a requirement to have sinks in exam rooms.
These requirements apply for new facilities and renovations to existing facilities.
For example each exam or treatment room is required to have one.