Department Of Veterans Affairs
VA Handbook 7610 (277)
Washington, DC 20420
June, 2006
9. Patient Toilet (TLTU1).............................................................. 50 NSF (4.7 NSM)
One minimum. Provide one per three Exam Rooms.
10. Dressing Room / Cubicle (DR001) .......................................... 35 NSF (3.3 NSM)
Two minimum. Provide an additional one per Linear Accelerator Room and CT
Simulator Unit Room greater than one.
Locate Dressing Room / Cubicles in proximity to Linear Accelerator Room and
Treatment Planning Area.
11. Patient Stretcher Holding Bay (WRL01) ............................... 80 NSF (7.4 NSM)
Provide one per Linear Accelerator Room and CT Simulator Unit Room.
Provides space for staging/observation of patient pre/post procedure.
Stretcher waiting should be adjacent to reception because patients transported by
stretchers may require closer supervision.
C. Treatment Planning Unit Areas
1. CT Simulator Unit Room (XTSG1) ...................................... 400 NSF (37.2 NSM)
Divide the projected number of annual procedures by 1,600; provide one room for
each whole increment. Minimum annual workload to provide a room is 480 (see
Table 1).
2. Control Area (XTSC1) ......................................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one per CT Simulator Room.
3. Film Processing (XFSA1) .................................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one if in Concept of Operations.
Locate this room next to and with direct access to the simulator room. This area
consists of a dark room and a light room and is used for developing and printing
plates and film used in patient treatment.
4. Block / Mold Room (XTMF1) ............................................... 220 NSF (20.5 NSM)
Provide one per Radiation Therapy Service.
This room provides space for producing wedges, casts, tissue compensators,
bolus devices, beam limiting devices, etc. It may house light duty machinery
equipment, cutting devices, lathes, grinding machines, drill presses, melting pots
and material storage. Materials stored are lead, copper, plastics, plaster, etc.
Mold room needs to be in proximity to CT Simulator Unit Room.
5. Ultrasound Planning Unit Room (XDUS1).......................... 180 NSF (16.8 NSM)
Divide the projected number of annual procedures by 1,900; provide one room for
each whole increment. Minimum annual workload to provide a room is 570 (see
Table 1) and if in Concept of Operations.
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