Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 316)
Washington, DC 20420
February 2007
100 NSF provides for three standard seats, one wheelchair accessible seat, and
waiting space for one stretcher or two personal scooters. The additional 55 NSF
allocates 25 NSF for one accessible seat and 30 NSF for two standard seats.
2. Reception (RECP1) ..................................................................80 NSF (7.4 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 10 NSF for each whole increment of two
Dialysis Stations greater than eight. Maximum 150 NSF.
3. Toilet, Public ( TLTU1) .............................................................50 NSF (4.7 NSM)
Provide one for male and one for female.
B. Patient Areas
1. Renal Dialysis, Chair Station Cubicle (RDC01) ......................80 NSF (7.5 NSM)
Divide the projected number of annual Dialysis Center Clinic Stops by 2,253;
subtract the number of Private and / or Isolated Bed Stations from the total; and
multiply the result by the percentage of all patients who will use a reclining chair.
Provide one for every whole increment, minimum fraction of 0.1.
Cubicle Chair Stations are the most common Dialysis Station. They include a
mobile reclining chair and are not enclosed rooms.
2. Renal Dialysis, Bed Station Cubicle (XXYYZ) ......................100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Divide the projected number of annual Dialysis Center Clinic Stops by 2,253 and
subtract the number of Private and / or Isolated Bed Stations and the number of
Cubicle Chair Stations from the total. Provide one for every whole increment,
minimum fraction of 0.1.
Cubicle Bed Stations are usually open for patients who arrive stretcher- or bed-
bound but do not require isolation or singular privacy. These are not enclosed
rooms.
3. Renal Dialysis, Bed Station, Private (XXYYZ) .................... 150 NSF (14.0 NSM)
Provide one per Dialysis Center if in authorized Concept of Operations.
Private Bed Stations are enclosed rooms, though still visually and audibly
observable from the Nurse Station, for patients requiring singular privacy or
bloodborne infection isolation but not airborne infection isolation. These rooms
accommodate patients who might agitate other patients, or be caused anxiety by
others, or who are known to have bloodborne pathogens.
4. Renal Dialysis, Bed Station, Isolation,
Negative Pressure (XXYYZ) ................................................. 150 NSF (14.0 NSM)
Provide one per Negative Pressure Isolation Bed Station in authorized Concept of
Operations..
These rooms isolate airborne contagious or infectious patients to protect other
patients and should be allocated on a per-project basis.
5. Exam / Treatment Room (TRGM1) ...................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one per Dialysis Center.
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