FINAL DRAFT 9/6/95
UPDATED NOV. 1996
Narrative
Functional Considerations
Location/External Relationships:
Patient Access/Way-finding:
Services Access:
A Nuclear Medicine facility should be
Nuclear Medicine gamma cameras'
located convenient to parking and ambulatory
installations and replacements usually do not
care areas, since it is primarily utilized for
require special construction other than for
outpatient diagnostic procedures.
An
load considerations and level flooring. Floor
adjacent location to other diagnostic facilities
trenches for electrical cabling are not
assists in way-finding and coordination of
required.
patient services. However, placement at end
Positron Emission Tomography is not
corridors away from heavy trafficed areas is
included in this analysis because it requires
important. Inpatient access is required since
special dedicated facilities that may be
duplicated outpatient and inpatient facilities
located at a remote location from the
are seldom justified.
department.
Functional Adjacencies:
Consultants need to be contacted early in
The Nuclear Medicine operations benefits
the planning stage to assure loading for PET
from a location near Cardiology or Internal
capacity,
shielding,
and
ventilation
Medicine, and Radiology for sharing support
requirements.
film and reception services.
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE SERVICE
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