Department Of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 285)
Washington, D.C. 20402
February 2007
D. Storage Areas
1. Storage, Sterile (XXXXX) ..................................................... 500 NSF (46.5 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 60 NSF per each OR greater than four.
2. Storage, Nonsterile (XXXXX)............................................... 600 NSF (55.7 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 10 NSF per each Medical Surgical Bed; 20
NSF per each critical care bed; 25 NSF per each SCI bed; 0.5 NSF per each
Mental Health bed; 1.25 NSF per each Nursing Home Care bed; 0.004 NSF per
each projected annual Outpatient Visit; and, 8 NSF per each Surgical Case Cart
in the Staging Area, or the minimum NSF, whichever is greater. Maximum 2,500
NSF.
3. Storage, Bulk (XXXXX) ........................................................... 140 NSF (13 NSM)
Minimum NSF, or 0.07 x Sterile plus non-sterile storage, whichever is greater.
Maximum 450 NSF.
4. Vendor Instrument Consignment Room (XXXXX) ............... 100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 10 NSF per each OR greater than eight.
This area should be located adjacent to the Sterile/ Nonsterile stores area and the
Breakout and Clean Receiving Room and will accommodate instrument and items
that are on consignment from vendors primarily used in setting up surgical packs
for special procedures.
5. Breakout and Clean Receiving Room (XXXXX) ................. 200 NSF (18.6 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 15 NSF per each increment of 20 beds
greater than two hundred. Maximum 400 NSF.
This room should be contiguous and interconnected to the Sterile/ Non-sterile
Storage Area. This area is used to receive supplies from the warehouse and to
remove them from the packing prior to entering the stores area. Only goods that
have been removed from their packing cartons should enter the Sterile/ Nonsterile
Storage Areas.
6. Dispatch Area (XXXXX) ....................................................... 200 NSF (18.6 NSM)
Provide one per SPD.
The issuing and control of medical/surgical supplies and equipment is
accomplished within this area.
7. Office, Dispatch Control (XXXXX)........................................... 80 NSF (7.4 NSM)
Provide one per Dispatch Area.
8. Storage, Equipment and Testing Room (XXXXX) .............. 240 NSF (22.3 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 30 NSF per each increment of twenty beds
greater than two hundred. Maximum 540 NSF.
Equipment, after decontamination, is tested and stored in this room. This
equipment is used for patient care and is assigned and stored in SPD.
9. Housekeeping Aids Closet (HAC) (XXXXX) ........................... 40 NSF (3.7 NSM)
Provide one per Storage Area.
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