Lactation Room Requirements

A work surface and chair.

Lactation room requirements.

It also must be functional useable as a space for expressing breast milk. Storage for cleaning supplies and paper towels. A small utility type sink. In larger facilities it.

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 nearby basin either in the room or next door. Adequate hvac service including a thermostat. The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom.

A private room that has been given access to only the mothers who use it. And well placed electrical outlets. Lactation rooms may be located near lobbies or main corridors in proximity to breakrooms bathrooms and other core building functions. Lactation rooms should provide at a minimum a lockable door.

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. All the requirements of the basic lactation room see above plus. Lactation rooms should be located in a safe area accessible to all. 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.