Introduction
This Surgical Service Design Guide was developed as a design tool to assist the medical profession in better understanding the
choices that designers ask them to make and to help the designers understand the functional requirements necessary for patient
care, and is intended to be a graphic consolidation of existing Department of Veterans Affairs' criteria. It contains data from the
VA Technical Information Library (TIL); www.va.gov/facmgt/standard.
Master Construction Specifications PG-18-1
Design and Construction Procedures PG-18-3
Standard Details PG-18-4
Equipment Reference Manual PG-18-6; www.va.gov/facmgt/standard/equipment.asp
Design Manuals PG-18-10
Barrier Free Design Handbook H-18-13; www.va.gov/facmgt/standard/dguide/barrfree.doc
Room Finishes, Door and Hardware Schedules PG-18-14
Equipment Guide List PG-7610; www.va.gov/facmgt/standard/equipment.asp
Consensus information received from Advisory Committee; comprised of VA Surgery Department, Surgical Field
Personnel, VACO and the Consultants.
The purpose is to make this Design Guide user friendly and to serve as an index for the design of surgical suites.
The guide plates contained in this Design Guide are intended as an illustration of VA's furniture, equipment and personnel space
needs. They are not meant to limit design opportunities; while they do contain the majority of spaces that now are required in the
surgical suite, it is not possible to encompass all future requirements. Therefore, it is recommended that the project-specific space
program be the starting point for any individual project design. In addition, it is important to note that the guide plates are a
graphic representation only, utilizing the standard details that have been developed by VA to act as generic representation in order
to determine spatial requirements. Specific contracts for equipment will be awarded after the project has been bid. Where needed to
establish space and service design requirements, a minimum of three manufacturers should be consulted for specific equipment.
The maximum space and service requirements should be used for planning purposes.
Design Guide - Surgical Service
Introduction
Guide Plate:
1a
Date: August 2005
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