3.2.2 OTHER PATIENT ENTRANCES
3.2.2.1 CANOPIES
Provide non-combustible canopies over entrances to outpatient clinics,
ambulatory care facilities, main hospitals, spinal cord injury facilities,
emergency entrances and nursing home care units. The canopies shall extend
600 mm (2 feet) beyond the curb lines to protect patients from inclement
weather. To reduce the size and cost of canopies, locate the curb line near
the entrance, if compatible with other design considerations.
3.2.2.2 REVOLVING DOORS
Provide revolving door(s) at all main entrances to Health Care Facilities
except spinal cord injury, nursing home care units, and emergency entrances,
to exclude inclement elements from the building. For persons with
disabilities, provide a secondary set of 1200 mm (4 ft.) wide, automatically
operated swinging door(s) with an air lock vestibule of 6.3 m (21 ft.)
between doors.
3.2.2.3 "AIR LOCKS"
At spinal cord injury unit (SCIU), nursing home care unit (NHCU), and
emergency entrances, provide air locks consisting of vestibules formed by
automatically operated sliding doors placed not less than 6.3 m (21 ft.)
apart. These must be the break-away type that can be manually operated during
a power failure. If swinging doors must be used, both the inner and outer
doors shall swing outward.
3.2.3 MORGUE ENTRANCES/EXITS
3.2.3.1 Provide morgue entrances for back-in unloading with a platform 150 mm
(6 in.) above the access drive.
3.2.3.2 Provide a noncombustible canopy with a clearance from grade of 3 m
(10 ft.) minimum.
3.2.3.3 Screen morgue entrances from public view.
3.2.4 LOADING DOCKS
3.2.4.1 PLATFORMS
All warehouse, dietetic, laundry, and animal research facility loading dock
platforms shall be 1200 mm (4 ft.) above the driveway. Platforms shall have a
minimum depth of 2400 mm (8 ft.) front to back or between the back of the
dock lift/leveler and the back wall.
3.2.4.2 CANOPIES
Provide a noncombustible canopy over the platform with 4.2 m (14 ft.)
clearance from grade to the underside of the canopy.
3.2.4.3 PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
Provide a stair or a ramp to the platform; for platforms which are more than
15 m (50 ft.) long, provide a stair or a ramp at each end.
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