Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Handbook 7610 (262)
Washington, DC 20420
June 2006
Serves those patients who may require infectious isolation. The sink in one room will
be provided with a plaster trap in the event the casts need to be applied. Room
mechanical system should negative pressure capable.
21. Toilet/Shower, Multipurpose Exam (TLTU1) .......................... 75 NSF (7.0 NSM)
Provide one per Emergency Care (ER).
This Patient Toilet is used exclusively for cleaning and delousing patients. It should
be accessible from the Multipurpose Examination Room.
22. Exam Room, Security (OPMH4) .......................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one per Emergency Care (ER). Provide additional rooms per Concept of
Operations.
This room is used for a patient whose mental state constitutes an immediate threat to
him/herself or others. The room contains no equipment with which the patient could
harm him/herself or others.
23. Toilet, Security Exam (TLTP1) ................................................ 50 NSF (4.7 NSM)
Provide one per Security Exam Room.
24. On-Call Room (DUTY1)........................................................ 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one if in Concept of Operations.
25. Toilet w/Shower, Staff (TLTS1) ............................................... 75 NSF (7.0 NSM)
Provide one per On-Call Room.
26. Lockers / Lounge, Staff (SL001) ......................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide if ACAP Level S and M. Provide an additional 80 NSF if
ACAP Level L.
27. Toilet, Staff (TLTU1)................................................................. 50 NSF (4.7 NSM)
Provide one per Emergency Care (ER).
28. Housekeeping Aids Closet-HAC (JANC1) ............................... 40 NSF (3.8 NSF)
Provide one per Emergency Care (ER).
D. Patient Areas Examination-Treatment Module Core Space
Examination - Treatment modules serve all unscheduled and scheduled outpatients, as
well as some inpatients, who do not require emergency care. In addition to providing
walk-in (health evaluation or primary care) clinics to accommodate unscheduled
outpatient visits and exam rooms to accommodate C&P exams and employee health
exams; the following list identifies the majority of scheduled clinics which will be
accommodated in examination / treatment modules generated by this criteria chapter.
Space program for a service with two or more modules will be based on shared space
for those functions in adjacent modules. To determine the number of Examination
Treatment Modules, refer to Table 2.
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