Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 248 CMR - BOARD OF STATE EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS › Title 248 CMR 10.00 - UNIFORM STATE PLUMBING CODE › Section 10.18 - Hospital Fixtures

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
General
. In general, all plumbing installed in
			 hospitals shall comply with the requirements of
			 248 CMR
			 3.00 through
			 10.00 and the Massachusetts
			 Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
(2)
Definitions
.
Aspirator
. An aspirator is a fitting
				or device supplied with water or other fluid under positive pressure which
				passes through an integral orifice or "constriction" causing a vacuum.
				Aspirators are often referred to as "suction" apparatus and are similar in
				operation to an ejector.
Autopsy Table
. An autopsy table is a
				fixture or table used for the post-mortem examination of a body.
Bedpan Hopper (Clinic Sink)
. A bedpan
				hopper is a fixture meeting the design requirements of fixture, sometimes
				called a clinic sink.
Bedpan Steamer
. A bedpan steamer is a
				fixture used for scalding bedpans or urinals by direct application of
				steam.
Bedpan Washer
. A bedpan washer is a
				fixture designed to wash bedpans and to flush the contents into the soil
				drainage system. It may also be provided for steaming the utensils with steam
				or hot water.
Bedpan Washer Hose
. A bedpan washer
				hose is a device supplied with hot and/or cold water and located adjacent to a
				toilet or clinic sink to be used for cleansing bedpans.
Clinic Sink
.
See
Bedpan Hopper and
				248
				CMR 10.18(3)(b).
Flushing Type Floor Drain
. A flushing
				type floor drain is a floor drain which is equipped with an integral water
				supply, enabling flushing of the drain receptor and trap.
Local Vent Stack
. A local vent stack
				is a vertical pipe to which connections are made from the fixture side of traps
				and through which vapor and/or foul air may be removed from the fixture or
				device used on bedpan washers.
Sterilizer, Boiling Type
. A boiling
				type "sterilizer" is a fixture (non-pressure type) used for boiling
				instruments, utensils, and/or other equipment (used for disinfection). Some
				devices are portable, others are connected to the plumbing system.
Sterilizer Instrument
.
See
Sterilizer
,
Boiling
				Type
.
Sterilizer, Pressure Instrument
				Washer-sterilizer
. A pressure instrument washer-sterilizer is a
				fixture (pressure vessel) designed to both wash and sterilize instruments
				during the operating cycle of the fixture.
Sterilizer, Pressure (Autoclave)
. A
				pressure sterilizer is a fixture (pressure vessel) designed to use steam under
				pressure for sterilizing. A pressure sterilizer is also called an
				Autoclave.
Sterilizer, Utensil
.
See
Sterilizer
,
Boiling
				Type
.
Sterilizer Vent
. A sterilizer vent is
				a separate pipe or stack, indirectly connected to the building drainage system
				at the lower terminal, which receives the vapors from non-pressure sterilizers,
				or the exhaust vapors from pressure sterilizers, and conducts the vapors
				directly to the outer air, sometimes called vapor, steam, atmospheric or
				exhaust vent.
Sterilizer Water
. A water sterilizer
				is a device for sterilizing water and storing sterile water.
Still
. A still is a device used in
				distilling liquids.
(3)
Fixtures
.
(a)
General
. Product-accepted flush rim bedpan hoppers
			 (clinic sinks), bedpan washers, and/or other acceptable fixtures and equipment
			 shall be provided for:
1. the disposing of
			 bedpan contents; and
2. the
			 cleansing and disinfection of bedpans in soiled utility (hopper)
			 rooms.