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Detailed Needs and Requirements: Intensive Care Units
It may be desirable to provide separate facilities for each of the units,
and, in some cases, multiple facilities may be needed for the additional
use of nursing staff and attending physicians.
Lounge facilities for the use of on-duty staff may also be desirable.
Such facilities could be used by staff from more than one unit.
7. Waiting Room
A separate waiting room should be provided for visitors to intensive
and cardiac care units.
8. Consultation and Interview Room
A room for during professional consultation or interviews with patients'
families should be available to the intensive and cardiac care units.
9. Laboratory
A small laboratory space should be provided for conducting blood gas,
blood volume, and other determinations during time when central
clinical laboratories may be closed. This laboratory may be shared
with other intensive care units if the relationship between units permits.
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