3.3.2 STAIRWAY DOORS
3.3.2.1 EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS AT STAIRWAYS
Design doors and hardware for stairway exit doors leading directly to the
exterior in accordance with paragraphs above, except that only panic hardware
may be used.
3.3.2.2 INTERIOR STAIRWAY DOORS
Provide interior stairway doors with passage latch sets having inside and
outside door handles free at all times. Exceptions are where stairway doors
are required to be locked to prevent entrance into or elopement from areas
such as ICUs, surgery, hemodialysis, radiology, and psychiatric nursing
units. When these doors are locked from stairside, outside handles shall
allow free egress into stairwells at all times, except from psychiatric
areas. (See Paragraph 5.10.2.2 below for additional information.)
3.3.3 ALARMS, BELLS, AND COMMUNICATORS ON DOORS
Alarms, bells, and communicators are required on exit doors leading to the
exterior unless the medical center objects to their use at specific
locations.
3.4 AUTOMATIC DOORS
3.4.1 GENERAL
Design automatic doors to comply with the "Fire Protection Design Manual" and
"Room Finishes Door and Hardware Schedule", and to operate manually in event
of power failure. Equip controls with safety devices for pedestrian
protection. Provide door-operator controls and equipment that are easily
accessible for maintenance. Design automatic doors to open from both sides.
3.4.2 TYPES AND LOCATIONS
safety device with emergency breakaway features at:
A. Main entrance, if revolving doors are not practical
B. Ambulatory Care patient entrance, if revolving doors are not practical
C. Spinal Cord Injury entrances
D. Nursing Home Care Unit entrances
E. Corridor doors to Congregate Baths and Congregate Toilet Rooms (Spinal
Cord Injury, Orthopedic, Neurological, and Rehabilitation Medicine Service
(RMS) Nursing Units)
3.4.2.2 Use sliding doors operated by remote push plates at doors from Spinal
Cord Injury bedrooms into toilets or baths
3.4.2.3 Use swinging doors with remote push plate operation at:
A. Main entrance doors to and from Surgery Suite
B. Recovery Room doors into corridors
C. Corridor Doors to Radiation Treatment Rooms
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