Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 400)
Washington, DC 20420
February 2007
SEPS incorporates the propositions set forth in all VA space planning criteria chapters.
VA-SEPS has been designed to aid healthcare planners in creating a space plan based
on a standardized set of criteria parameters.
N. Workload: Workload is the anticipated number of procedures or suite stops that is
processed through a department/service area. The total workload applied to
departmental operational assumptions will determine overall room requirements by
modality.
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OPERATING RATIONALE AND BASIS OF CRITERIA
A. Workload Projections or planned services / modalities for a specific VA medical
center, hospital or satellite outpatient clinic project are provided by the VA Central
Office (VACO) / VISN CARES Capacity Projection Model. The workload projections
are generated by methodology based upon the expected veteran population in the
respective market / service area. Healthcare planners working on VA medical center,
hospital or satellite outpatient clinic projects will utilize and apply the workload based
criteria set forth herein for identified services and modalities to determine room
requirements for each facility.
B. Space planning criteria have been developed on the basis of an understanding of the
activities involved in the functional areas of the Library Service and its relationship
with other services of a medical facility. These criteria are predicated on established
and/or anticipated best practice standards, as adapted to provide environments
supporting the highest quality heath care for Veterans.
C. Health Care Delivery / Support (HCD/S) Staff calculation:
Total Health Care Delivery / Support Staff = (Number of FTE Title 38 positions) +
(Number of House staff positions based on MTOT) + (Number of FTE Clinic Support
staff positions) + (Number of Student and Trainees Based on MTOT positions) +
(Number of FTE Administrative Support staff positions)
TABLE 1: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY / SUPPORT (HCD/S) STAFF LEVELS
LEVEL
TOTAL NUMBER OF HCD/S STAFF
A
Up to 350
B
351 TO 750
C
751 - 1000
D
1001 or greater
D. Seating calculation Health Sciences Library :
To calculate the number of seats, multiply the number of FTE positions by its
appropriate factor per Table 2. Add results deduct the Number of Electronic Carrels.
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