Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
to a resident, may be located near
where they are used, such as in
bathing suites or individual resident
bathrooms. (See Figure 3.52)
Figure 3.53
Clean Medical Supplies
Baltimore Rehabilitation& Extended Care
Figure 3.52
Center, Baltimore, MD
Clean Personal Care Supplies
Tanks of other compressed gases
CO State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, Aurora,
such as nitrogen may be stored with
concentrators; however, nothing else
Clean medical supplies are generally
should be stored with or stacked on
controlled and used by licensed staff.
top of oxygen tanks and equipment.
Clean medical supplies should be
To supplement this storage, provide
provided on each unit. They may be
an emergency tank at the staff
stored in distinct supply rooms,
stations and on crash carts, located
medication rooms and/or in alcoves,
near multi-function social halls and
depending upon the volumes,
larger dining rooms.
frequency of deliveries, and the
goals for product control. (See
Provide an 80 nsf [7.43 m] on-unit
Figure 3.53)
oxygen storage room. (See Figure
3.54). Provide one central oxygen
4. Oxygen Storage and Medical Gases
storage room in facilities with
Oxygen use should be available on
multiple nursing units. Size this area
each unit. This may be accomplished
according to the functional program.
using concentrators, portable canisters
and/or piped-in oxygen, depending upon
the anticipated diagnoses of residents,
access to supply, and functional
program.
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