Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Handbook 7610 (276)
Washington, DC 20420
June 2006
13. Housekeeping Aids Closet-HAC (JANC1) ...............................40 NSF (3.7 NSM)
Provide one per Radiology Service.
The housekeeping aids closet should be placed in the general area of the
Radiographic/Fluoroscopic and IR/ Special Procedure Rooms.
14. Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS):
a. PACS: Digital Quality Control Area (XVC01) ................ 180 NSF (16.8 NSM)
Provide one per Radiology Service if in Concept of Operations.
b. PACS: Digital Archival Storage Room (XFDs1) ........... 140 NSF (13.1 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 10 NSF per procedure/scanning room
greater than fourteen and if in Concept of Operations.
Contains switch/server/backup storage.
c. PACS: 3D Workstation (XCTC1).................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one if in Concept of Operations.
d. PACS: Computed Radiology (CR)
Reader Area (XCTI1) ........................................................... 40 NSF (3.8 NSM)
Provide one per procedure/scanning room with CR capability and if in Concept of
Operations.
15. Conventional Film:
a. Darkroom Film Processing (SFP01) ............................ 100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Provide one per Radiology Department and if in Concept of Operations.
Not required if also providing a daylight processor.
b. Daylight Processing (XFP03) .......................................... 100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Provide one per Radiology Department and if in Concept of Operations.
Not required if also providing a darkroom.
c. Film Sorting Area (XFSA1) ................................................ 80 NSF (7.5 NSM)
Provide one area per film processing area and if in Concept of Operations
d. Film Files Storage-Fixed Shelving (XFFA1) ................. 250 NSF (23.3 NSM)
Provide one if in Concept of Operations.
Required for film storage and third party films or archived films waiting to be
digitized.
e. Film Storage-Fixed Shelving (XFFA1) .............................. 60 NSF (5.6 NSM)
Provide one if in Concept of Operations.
f.
Chemical Storage (SRS01) ................................................ 40 NSF (3.8 NSM)
Provide one if in Concept of Operations.
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