Final Draft 12-31-95
Revised May 1997
Technical Considerations
Narrative
Materials
Transportation (cont.)
Clean supplies are transported by exchange
Inpatient
carts which are stored in the Clean Supply
Provide access for stretcher and wheelchair
Room.
patients from inpatient areas.
Supplies are transported by Service Elevator
Separate Inpatient
and
Outpatient
traffic
and through hospital corridors separated from
where possible.
patient traffic where possible.
Linen
Inpatient access from
hospital
service
Disposable linens are delivered as
part of
elevators is required.
clean supplies.
Inpatients arrive at a control point common
Sterile Supplies
with outpatients.
The use
of sterile supplies for special
Inpatients access patient holding through a
procedures
is
accommodated
by
dedicated route separated from outpatient
prepackaging of disposable items.
waiting.
Food
Staff
Meal and Nourishment deliveries to Radiology
Provide staff access separated from patient
are not required.
waiting and holding areas.
Waste
Locate staff lounge and locker areas away
Waste is collected by housekeeping staff and
from inpatient and outpatient traffic.
transported to the Soiled Utility Room where it
is disposed as indicated by the Waste
Specimens
Management section of this narrative.
Specimens may be collected locally in special
procedure rooms and hand transported to the
pathology lab as required.
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals including narcotics are
transported by pharmacy personal to the
department in locked carts.
Narcotics are delivered to a narcotics locker
which is usually located in a clean supply or
patient prep area.
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