Engineering Criteria for TB Patient Rooms and Related Areas

ENGINEERING CRITERIA FOR TB PATIENT ROOMS AND

RELATED AREAS

ISSUE:

Heating, Ventilating, and Air conditioning (HVAC) criteria for suspected or

known infectious TB (S/KI TB) patient rooms and related areas and clinical

mycobacterial laboratories.

BACKGROUND:

HVAC criteria in the VA planning document "Program and Facility Planning

Guidance for Tuberculosis Programs dated August 18, 1995" is being revised

and enhanced.

DISCUSSION:

FM's HVAC Professional Group has decided to develop a more detailed and

comprehensive HVAC criteria to provide additional information, and to answer

issues raised by field personnel.

RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSION:

A new expanded TB criteria based on VA's planning document "Program and

Facility Planning Guidance for Tuberculosis Programs dated August 18, 1995"

has been added to the HVAC Design Criteria for Hospital Projects as item A36

`TB Criteria'. Follow this criteria on future projects.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Contact any of the following HVAC Professional Group members:

Satish Sehgal at 202-565-5032, Kurt Knight at 202-565-4980, or Sat Gupta at

202-565-5268.

HVAC Design Manual for Hospital Projects as item A36 `TB Criteria' will be

available on floppy disk from Standards Service, the BBS, and FM's Internet

site by 10/10/96.

11 September 1996

FM-187C-DA60

Index