Special Requirements.
Section 39
SEC. 39. Special Requirements.—The following requirements shall be enforced: All articles to be laundered coming from hospitals and infected sources shall be treated by exposure to a sufficient quantity of hot water detergents or by other effective means of disinfection. All linen, bed clothes, pajamas, towels, bedsheets pillow cases, etc. that have come in contact with any form of radioactivity should be isolated in a certain area and monitored by Radiation Safety personnel before sending these articles for laundry. If any amount of radioactive contamination is found, the affected article should be set aside and the radioactivity allowed to completely decay before said article is sent for laundry. All articles for delivery to the laundry shall be kept in containers which shall be kept closed until the articles are removed at the laundry. Laundry vehicles shall be kept clean and sanitary at all times. A separate room shall be used solely for receiving, sorting, marking or handling unwashed articles. Diapers must be protected from pathogenic organisms and from chemical substances which are irritating to the skin of the infant. Laundered diapers for delivery shall be packed in sealed sanitary containers.