510
Generalized Needs and Requirements:
Total Hospital
511
INTRODUCTION
511.1
The following is a generalized set of user needs and functional
requirements for hospitals having a range of sizes, a variety of nursing
and supportive or ancillary units and a range of relationships between
these elements. It is intended that these will provide:
1. a basis from which subsystem performance requirements can be
formulated;
2. a basis against which space organization and component selection
trade-offs can be measured; and
3. a basis from which the Veterans Administration may, if it desires,
develop a comprehensive statement of current and future needs as a
guide for those responsible for the design and construction of VA
hospitals.
In this section users needs have been distinguished from functional
requirements. User needs are illustrated by a description of the activities
necessary to perform a given function and the resulting environmental
context. Functional requirements are derived from these needs and can
be defined as user related building performance criteria. The generalized
needs and requirements in this section relate to the performance of the
building system as a whole and may be used for the evaluation of
individual system projects.
Section 520 illustrates a more detailed development of needs and
requirements for a particular area of the hospital, the bed care portion.
This level of detail is beneficial in providing a means of communication
between the VA and an A/E in the design of individual projects.
The material presented in this section and Section 520 has been obtained
from discussions with persons functioning in many capacities in VA and
community hospitals, extensive discussions with medical and
administrative personnel at the Veterans Administration Central Office
(VACO) and a survey of relevant literature.
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