FINAL DRAFT 9/6/95
UPDATED NOV. 1996
Narrative
Technical Considerations
Structural:
Imaging Systems' requirements will vary
Seismic:
for each facility and the technology may be
In compliance with Executive Order (EO)
deferred in selection and/or procurement.
12699, and EO 12941, all new and existing
Design requirements will be as instructed.
buildings constructed or leased by the Federal
Equipment vendors need to be contacted for
Government must be seismically safe. The
specifications prior to design.
EO's require that nationally recognized model
building codes, listed below, be used for the
All occurrences of safety cabinets, hoods,
seismic design and construction of new
and laminar flow hoods will require a
buildings, and for the seismic safety
confirmation of Hood or Cabinet Classification
assessment of existing buildings.
and Type to determine room air and
1991 Uniform Building Code of the
ventilation performance requirements.
International
Congress
of
Building
Officials
Heating, Ventilation, and Air
1992 Supplement to the Building Officials
Conditioning:
and Code Administrators
Operation:
1992 Amendments to the Southern
Building Code Congress (SBCC) Standard
Air conditioning systems should be
Building Code
provided to heat, cool, and ventilate the
individual space, as required by the VA
Equipment:
design criteria.
Casework:
Follow TB criteria in the HVAC Design
For planning and utilization purposes,
Manual for Hospital Projects.
casework systems should be chosen to
provide flexibility
The air conditioning systems serving the
Nuclear Medicine Service should be designed
Casework systems should incorporate
to operate at full capacity to satisfy individual
components dimensioned for each of the
room local requirements
multiple re-use installation applications.
Certain restricted areas, such as imaging
Casework systems should be planned to
rooms and preparation areas, use Xenon gas
avoid corner installations and filler panel
(XE-133).
Being a radioactive material,
instances.
Xenon requires special ventilation. See the
HVAC Design Manual for Hospital Projects for
Information Management Systems:
specific
ventilation
requirements.
Information Management Systems shall
include elements of physician's order entries,
patient
registrations,
patient
charges,
scheduling procedures, processing and/or
retrieval, report generation, and report status.
The main facility's "information backbone,"
as well as the departmental local area
network, should be planned for compatibility.
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE SERVICE
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