Laundry and storage of cloth items.

32-02-01-09. Laundry and storage of cloth items. 1. Clean cloth and linen items. All clean cloth and linen towels, sheets and blankets, robes, capes, and similar items must be kept in an enclosed container until used. 2. Soiled cloth items and laundering. All clean cloth and towels, sheets and blankets, robes, must be laundered after each use. Capes must be laundered after each use, or a neck strip providing a complete barrier between the cape and the client's skin may be used with a multiuse cape. Multiuse capes that are used with a neck strip to provide a barrier must be laundered at the end of each business day or immediately replaced if cape becomes soiled. After use, and until laundering, each item must be placed in a vented laundry container with a lid. All soiled cloth and towels, sheets and blankets, robes, and capes must be laundered commercially, or in a washing machine with laundry detergent using hot water and dried in 5 dryer on high heat. Plastic or nylon capes and aprons may be washed and dried, on any heat setting, and then must be disinfected with a spray disinfectant. History: Amended effective July 1, 1988; March 1, 1998; January 1, 2017; April 1, 2022; January 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 43-11-05 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-11-11