Department Of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 300)
Washington, DC 20420
November 2006
E. Create clinic modules with connecting corridors to allow internal circulation of patients
and staff; avoid crossing public circulation patterns.
F. Configure patient waiting area with partitions to provide clustered seating and privacy,
in order to reduce large waiting spaces and to improve patient environment and
reduce noise and confusion. A Women Veterans sub-waiting area may be provided
within Waiting, and located adjacent to the patient care spaces.
G. Locate staff lounge convenient to staff area(s) but separate from patient care spaces.
H. Security and safety devices should be tamper proof. Architectural design should
accommodate the requirements for the handicapped.
I.
Plan to minimize walking distances for patients from building main entrance to clinical
destination and from clinical waiting area to clinical exam or treatment space.
J. Design corridors a minimum of six (6) feet in width, to accommodate passage of two
(2) wheelchairs.
K. In order to accommodate the designated equipment and a patient in a wheelchair,
examination rooms require a minimum clear dimension of 10'-0".
L. The Day Hospital should be located adjacent to the psychiatric inpatient program.
M. Egress should be independent of ward units.
N. Visitor circulation to Group Therapy Rooms through the Day Hospital should be
controlled.
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