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.

Storage for cleaning supplies and paper towels. A few comfortable chairs number depending on how many mothers will be using the room. All the requirements of the basic lactation room see above plus. In larger facilities it.

Other configurations such as 10 feet by 5 feet work well too. 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. Lactation rooms may be located near lobbies or main corridors in proximity to breakrooms bathrooms and other core building functions. A small utility type sink.

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. The law requires employers to provide a place that is not a bathroom. Lactation rooms should provide at a minimum a lockable door. A nearby basin either in the room or next door.

A work surface and chair. It also must be functional useable as a space for expressing breast milk. 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. Adequate hvac service including a thermostat.