Prefabricated Bedside Patient Unit (PBPU)

(2) The unit shall serve all electrical apparatus associated with the

table (receptacles, surgery lights, etc.) except for general lights and

X-Ray equipment.

9.3 SURGERY SUITE CENTRAL GROUND DETECTION ALARM

Provide an additional remote fault detection alarm panel for each of

the various IPU's. Locate the remote panel at the Surgery Control

Station (Nurse Clerk Station).

9.4 PATIENT WALL SYSTEMS

In certain intermediate and critical care areas, the VA requires the

installation of patient wall systems (referred to as Prefabricated

Bedside Patient Unit-PBPU) in patient bedrooms/areas. The PBPU's shall

be installed as described herein.

9.5 PREFABRICATED BEDSIDE PATIENT UNIT (PBPU)

(a) PBPU Style A1 (Single Bed Room) and A2 (Multi-Bed Rooms): A PBPU

is provided adjacent to each single bed and between each pair of beds

for the listed areas.

(b) PBPU Style B1 and B2 (Recovery): This unit is for patients who do

not require physiological monitoring and shall be provided for a

designated percentage of the beds in Respiratory Care Units and for

each bed in Surgical Recovery Facilities. This PBPU is provided for

each bed and contains medical gas and vacuum outlets in the Intensive

Care configuration.

(c) PBPU Style C: This unit is provided for each bed in all Intensive

Care Units, the Life Support Unit in Ambulatory Care, and a designated

percentage of the beds in the Respiratory Care and Spinal Cord Injury

Units. It contains all of the required services for Intensive Care,

including physiological monitoring capability.

(d) Refer to Program Guide PG-18-4,National CAD Standard Details for

specific requirements.

9.6 PBPU INSTALLATION

(a) All PBPU's shall be surface mounted on the patient's headwall.

(b) All installations for one bedroom shall be at the head and to the

corridor side of the bed.

(c) All PBPU's to be located between a pair of beds in multi-bed areas

shall be centered between the beds. If an odd bed remains, apply the

one-bedroom concept.

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ELECTRICAL DESIGN MANUAL

SPECIAL MEDICAL AND ALARM SYSTEMS