FINAL DRAFT 9/28/95
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Narrative
The design aspects of the facility which
G. Energy Conservation
relate to the fire and life safety include:
1. Air Conditioning
Structural fire resistance;
Building compartmentalization;
All air conditioning systems that are
Fire detection, alarm and
considered should be compared to a
suppression;
basic system with respect to both life
Smoke control and exhaust;
cycle cost and energy usage. The basic
Firefighter access and facilities; and
system should be that system having the
Emergency power.
lowest cost. The systems with the lowest
life cycle cost should be selected.
New hospital construction and renovated
areas of existing facilities are required to
Coordinate the selected system with the
be fully protected by an automatic fire
VA HVAC Design Manual for Hospital
suppression system.
projects for additional information.
The minimum width of corridors and
passageways in MRI areas is 1100 mm
(44") in areas to be used only by staff.
1. Telephone
The minimum width of corridors in areas
that will also be used by inpatients is
Telephone outlets are typically provided
2400 mm (96").
at each workstation or in each room.
Desk outlets are 450 mm (18") AFF and
Provide handrails on both sides of the
wall phone outlets are 1200 mm (48")
corridors in patient areas.
AFF.
Nurses' stations are permitted to be open
Certain modular casework units are
to the corridor.
provided with a utility access module that
houses communication outlets and
Waiting areas are also permitted to be
provides a chase for cabling. Conduits
open to the corridors.
and junction boxes are provided to
connect to the utility access module for
Refer to the latest editions of NFPA 101
telephone service.
"Life Safety Code", the Uniform Building
Code and additional standards published
2. Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
by
the
National
Fire
Protection
Association (NFPA).
ADP, or computer outlets, are typically
provided at each workstation with a
personal computer (PC) and/or printer.
Desk outlets are 450 mm (18") AFF.
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