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Design Development: Building Configuration
431.2.2
Sanitary Zone
(Refer to Sections 232.6 paragraph 2 and 232.8, and Space Module
Summary Sheet Figure 230-8.)
431.2.3
Internal Organization
(Refer to Section 232.5 and Space Module Summary Sheet Figure 230-8.)
A decision must be made as to the desirability of providing staff work
spaces and other supporting facilities directly adjacent to patient beds.
This determines the choice of double-loaded corridor or core type plan.
431.2.4
Space Module Support Capability
(Refer to Section 232.6 paragraph 4 and Space Module Summary Sheet
Figure 230-8.)
Bedroom and corridor widths are fixed. Therefore, total space module
width will be determined by the sanitary zone width and - in other than
double-loaded corridor solutions - the core area required for support
capability directly adjacent to patient bedrooms. The architect, by
selecting a sanitary zone width and determining program requirements for
those functions directly adjacent to patient beds, can select the proper
structural span by referring to the Summary Sheet, which identifies the
area available in each space module for direct care support space.
Where a 40-bed unit is composed of two 20-bed space modules, the core
area available in each space module must equal one-half the area
required by direct-care support. Also, core areas are not directly
comparable to required net areas, as they include partition thicknesses
and columns. The space module selected should therefore possess a
core area slightly greater than the required direct-care support area. It also
may be advisable to provide some additional core area to allow for future
increase in direct-care support requirements. This area can be used for
ancillary functions initially. Increasing core size will also increase nurse
travel distances, however.
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