Summer
Winter
Room or Area
Db Degrees C
RH
Db Degrees C
RH
(Degrees F)
Percent
(Degrees F)
Percent
Locker Rooms
25 (78)
50
22 (72)
30
Lounges
25 (78)
50
22 (72)
30
Mechanical Equipment Rooms
Ventilation Only
10 (50)
--
(MERs)
Medical Media: See Article 3.16
Minor O.R.s (Trauma Rooms)
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Motor Vehicle
Ventilation Only
21 (70)
--
Maintenance/Storage
MRI Units
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Offices, Conference Rooms
25 (78)
50
22 (72)
30
Operating Rooms (O.R.s)
1727 (62-80)
45-55
17-27 (62-80)
45-55
Operating Rooms (O.R.s) -
22 (73)
50
22 (73)
50
Animal
Patient Rooms
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Pharmacy
22 (72)
50
22 (72)
30
Radiation Therapy
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Recovery Units
23 (75)
50
23 (75)
30
Smoking Area
25 (78)
50
22 (72)
30
SPECIAL PROCEDURE ROOMS*
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Bronchoscopy
1727 (62-80)
45-55
17-27 (62-80)
45-55
Cardiac Catheterization
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Colonoscopy/EGD
22 (72)
50
25 (78)
50
Cystoscopy
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Endoscopy
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Fluoroscopy
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
GI (Gastrointestinal)
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Proctoscopy
24 (76)
50
25 (78)
30
Sigmoidoscopy
Spinal Cord Injury Units
22 (72)
50
27 (82)
30
(SCIUs)
Supply Processing
24 (76)
50
22 (72)
30
Distribution (SPD)
Ventilation only
Ethylene Oxide (ETO) MERs
Ventilation only
Steam Sterilizer MERs
Telephone Equipment Rooms
19(65)-23(75)
40-60
19(65)-23(75)
40-60
HVAC DESIGN MANUAL
1-5
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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