Lactation Room Requirements

In larger facilities it.

Lactation room requirements.

Lactation rooms should not be in or accessed through bathrooms locker rooms or similar facilities but should be distinct rooms designed for their intended purpose. Storage for cleaning supplies and paper towels. A private room that has been given access to only the mothers who use it. A work surface and chair.

A small utility type sink. Adequate hvac service including a thermostat. Lactation rooms may be located near lobbies or main corridors in proximity to breakrooms bathrooms and other core building functions. Footrest sink for washing hands pump and tubing with soap and paper towels compact refrigerator with freezer compartment to store cold packs and milk multi user hospital grade breast pump mothers provide their own collection.

A nearby basin either in the room or next door. All the requirements of the basic lactation room see above plus. It also must be functional useable as a space for expressing breast milk. A few comfortable chairs number depending on how many mothers will be using the room.

Lactation rooms should provide at a minimum a lockable door. Lactation rooms should be located in a safe area accessible to all. The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom. And well placed electrical outlets.