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.

Lactation room requirements.

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. The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom. Other configurations such as 10 feet by 5 feet work well too. Storage for cleaning supplies and paper towels.

A minimum footprint of 7 feet by 7 feet is recommended as it allows for a 5 foot radius circle with 24 inch deep counters on two walls. A nearby basin either in the room or next door. Adequate hvac service including a thermostat. In larger facilities it.

Lactation rooms may be located near lobbies or main corridors in proximity to breakrooms bathrooms and other core building functions. It also must be functional useable as a space for expressing breast milk. A small utility type sink. A private room that has been given access to only the mothers who use it.

Lactation rooms should provide at a minimum a lockable door. Lactation rooms should be located in a safe area accessible to all. It must be completely private so that no one can see inside the space and no one is able to enter the space while it is being used. A work surface and chair.