JULY 2005
The Guide Plates included with this document
Be drawn at a scale that will permit an entire
have been adapted from the following VA
floor to be shown on one drawing.
Design Guides:
Allow for exterior walls and show the overall
exterior dimensions for determining the total
Clinical Series: Ambulatory Care (Hospital
building gross area.
Based), Ambulatory Care Invasive Pro-
cedures Suite
Indicate size and shape of all departmental
Primary Care Series: Community Based
functions and services in the space
OPC
Imaging Series: Radiology Service.
program. Label each service or activity
listed in the Project Scope Data of the
In all cases the Guide Plates should be reviewed
Design Program and indicate boundaries
against project criteria and any special
with a distinctive line. Include the activity
requirements. It is recommended that they be
code number [see Handbook 7610]. Lay out
used with moderate caution to assure that
departments with adjacencies and functional
relationships
established
during
the
current standards of the health care industry are
Programming activities.
addressed in meeting VA's needs. A
planning/design consultant may be helpful in
confirming the validity of project specific data.
Show all rooms and spaces within each
The Office of Facilities Management, Facilities
department or service as required by the
Quality Service, 202-565-4663, may be
space program. Design Guide Plates in the
contacted for assistance.
Appendix B to this Design Guide provide
guidance on VA standards for typical
spaces. The Guide Plates may be adapted
The plates in the Basic Clinic List were selected
based on the functions listed in VA Space
to meet special requirements as needed.
Planning Criteria, Primary Care.
Show primary circulation (including material
Index of Guide Plates- Basic Clinic
transport), entrances to buildings, loading
docks, main entry point to each functional
Room/Functional Area
Guide Plate
block, and approximate sizes of building
Blood Specimen Collection
2-1
service equipment spaces on the drawings.
Examination Room
2-2
Intake/Exit Interview
2-3
Building structural grid and interior structural
Interview
2-4
elements need not be indicated (Lessor is
Laboratory, General
2-5
responsible for designing structure based on
Medical Records / X-Ray Sto.
2-6
criteria in SFO).
Medication Room
2-7
Nurse Station
2-8
The gross and net areas from the
Nurse Triage
2-9
Conceptual Plan will provide the information
Office / Exam
2-10
needed to compute a range of net usable
Pharmacy Basic Service
2-11
areas to be included in the SFO.
Pharmacy Expanded Service
2-12
Procedure Room, General
2-13
DESIGN GUIDE PLATES
Proctoscopy / Sigmoidoscopy
2-14
Introduction
Radiology, General Purpose
2-15
Radiology, Dressing Room
2-16
Design Guide Plates offer typical layouts for
Radiology, Film Records
2-17
specific kinds of rooms/spaces. The Guide
Reception
2-18
Plates included in Appendix B focus on those
Reception/Control Unit
2-19
rooms/spaces which are generally to be found in
Scope Cleaning / Clean Sto.
2-20
a VA OPC.
Toilet, W/C Accessible
2-21
Utility, Clean
2-22
Each Guide Plate consists of at least four pages:
Utility, Soiled
2-23
Equipment Plan, Ceiling Plan, Design Criteria
page, and Equipment List. For complex spaces,
Some OPCs may include program requirements
the Equipment List may be two or more pages.
for departments or space types not included in
VA DESIGN GUIDE
LEASE BASED OUTPATIENT CLINICS
SECTION 5-3
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