VA HANDBOOK 7610 (268)
January 11, 1990
g. Will warehouse maintain pharmacy storage backup?
h. Projected number of beds by type, including nursing home care and domiciliary beds.
i. Projected number of annual outpatient prescriptions
(1) Total Prescriptions
(2) Number of prescriptions that are mail outs
j. Is there a separate SCI outpatient pharmacy facility?
(1) If yes, do not used the number of SCI outpatient prescriptions when figuring the net square footage for the medical
center's main outpatient pharmacy facility.
(2) If no, include the number of SCI outpatient prescriptions when figuring the net square meters/feet for the medical
center's main outpatient pharmacy facility.
k. Unit dose or ward stock?
(1) If ward stock, the number for oral tablets and injectable line items in inpatient inventory.
(2) Are automated dispensing machines to be used?
l. Number of CRT and printing units required for inpatient, outpatient and specially areas. Care should be taken to count
only those CRTs and printers designated for the specific areas noted in those criteria. Space for the occasional counter top
CRT, in other areas of the pharmacy, has been included in the net square footage allocated.
m. Is Oncology Drug Program included in Ambulatory Care?
4. SPACE DETERMINATIONS
a. Administration - Administrative space will be allocated to either Inpatient or
Outpatient Pharmacies, or both, according to staffing requirements.
(1) Office, Chief...................................................................................................................................13.9 NSM (150 NSF)
(2) Office, Secretary And Waiting ..................................................................................................11.2 NSM (120 NSF)
(3) Office, Assistant/Associate Chief .............................................................................................11.2 NSM (120 NSF)
(If indicated by program data)
(4) Office, Supervisory Pharmacist ................................................................................................ 7.4 NSM ( 80 NSF)
(If indicated by program data)
(5) Office, Clerical .............................................................................................................................. 7.4 NSM ( 80 NSF)
Not including prescription receiving, dispensing and filing personnel)
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