Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 286)
Washington, DC 20420
February 2007
AVERAGE
MINIMUM
LENGTH OF
WORKLOAD
SURGICAL
TO
PROCEDURE
UTILIZATION
GENERATE
PROCEDURE
RATE
(minutes)
ONE ROOM
Surgical
Cardiac
390
70%
216
Neuro
390
70%
216
Ortho
270
70%
311
Vascular
210
70%
400
General
150
70%
560
Cysto
90
70%
933
The number of procedures per room will be used as a criteria parameter to
calculate the number of rooms in the Space Criteria section of this document.
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PROGRAM DATA REQUIRED (Input Data Questions)
A. Mission Input Data Statements
1.
Is an Orthopedic Surgical Program authorized? (M)
2.
Is a Nerve Block Induction Room authorized? (M)
3.
Is a Drug Distribution System authorized? (M)
4.
Is a Surgical Residency Program authorized? (M)
5.
Is Standard furniture authorized? (M)
6.
Is Systems furniture authorized? (M)
7.
Is Post-anesthesia Care, Phase II Recovery area authorized? (M)
B. Workload Input Data Statements
1. How many annual general inpatient surgical procedures are projected? (W)
2. How many annual general outpatient surgical procedures (Eye, ENT, etc.) are
projected? (W)
3. How many annual Inpatient Special Purpose Surgical Procedures are projected?
(W)
4. How many annual outpatient Special Purpose Surgical Procedures are projected?
5. How many annual Neurosurgery Surgical Procedures are projected? (W)
6. How many annual Cardiac Surgical Procedures are projected? (W)
7. How many annual Cystoscopy Procedures are projected? (W)
C. Staffing Input Data Statements
1. How many Anesthesiology Chief positions are authorized? (S)
2. How many Clerical FTE positions are authorized? (S)
3. How many Head of Surgical Section FTE positions are authorized? (S)
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