Chemical Room

    Chemical room in the nursing home is used to store all chemical equipment that is mostly used for sterilizing and cleaning of the place.

      Chemicals can be hazardous for the residents and visitors too, so it needs to be taken care of properly.

     Chemicals can enter the body and can cause serious damages, there are a number of ways which can make chemicals enter the body.

• inhalation: fumes might get in through breathing
• absorption: splash in the eye or through skin contact
• ingestion: can be contaminated food or hands
• inoculation: the use of needles when it penetrates the skin

  Chemical room need to be well built, insulated and far away from the activity region especially far away from the patients or the kitchen area.