Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 233)
Washington, DC 20420
November 2006
refractor, auto-lensometer, auto-tonometer, auto-keratometry, and auto-biometry
instruments located on a single table may be provided.
7. Eyeglass Fitting and Display,
and Dispensing Room (EYFD1) .......................................... 140 NSF (13.1 NSM)
Provide one per Eye Clinic and if in Concept of Operations.
The Eyeglass Fitting and Display, and Dispensing Room is used by the technician
to assist in the fitting, adjustment, repair, and dispensing of eyeglasses. An area
for the display of eyeglasses should be included.
8. Ultrasound / Optical Coherence
Tomography Room (XDUS1) ............................................... 150 NSF (13.9 NSM)
Provide one and if in Concept of Operations.
Diagnostic uses of the Ultrasound Room are for the location of unseen intraocular
foreign bodies, for retinal detachment, and for internal view when the patient's eye
lid can not be opened or the patient's eye is blocked by blood or cataracts
impeding the examiner's view. The Ultrasound Room is provided with ultrasound
equipment with diagnostic A and B modes, a calculation / computer for intraocular
lens calculations, and a reclining patient chair. The Optical Coherence
Tomography Room for ocular imaging may be combined within the Ultrasound
Room space allocation.
9. Eye Procedure Room (EYOT2) ............................................ 220 NSF (20.5 NSM)
Provide one and if in Concept of Operations.
The Eye Procedures Room is designed for any treatment that requires surgical
intervention that is deemed "an office procedure". Procedures commonly
performed in this space are chalazion excisions, tarsorrhaphy, biopsy, eyelid
tumors, suture external eyelid lacerations, and pterygium removal.
10. Laser Room (TREY2)............................................................ 130 NSF (12.1 NSM)
Provide one and if in Concept of Operations.
The Laser Room accommodates treatment of ocular problems including diabetic
retinopathy, glaucoma, retinal detachment, occludable angles/ocular
hypertension. Equipment commonly provided is laser instruments, a laser cart, a
slit lamp delivery system, and safety equipment. The Laser Room may include
more than one laser system.
11. Electrodiagnosis Room (EYOT2) ........................................ 150 NSF (14.0 NSM)
Provide one and if in Concept of Operation.
The Electrodiagnosis Room accommodates visual digitized equipment for
conducting electro-oculographic, electroretinographic, and visual evoked cortical
potential testing of retina, optic nerve, and visual pathway functioning with
analysis.
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