HVAC REQUIREMENTS IN PHARMACY
(REFER TO VA DESIGN GUIDE, PHARMACY SERV ICE, FOR GRAPHIC INFORMATION)
1. Indoor Design Conditions:
Area
Summer
Winter
HVAC Design
Degree C
Degree C
Manual Ref.
(Degree F)
(Degree F)
Pharmacy
22 (72) 50% RH
22 (72) 30% RH
Table 1-1
2. See VA Design Guide for: Inpatient Pharmacy areas such as Unit
Dose and Ward Stock, Controlled Substances Vault and Secured
Dispensing, Extemporaneous Repackaging and Compounding,
Intravenous Admixture and Aseptic Transfer (Buffer Room and
Ante Room requiring positive pressure and HEPA filtered supply
air), and Oncology Drugs. Outpatient Pharmacy Areas such as
Prescription Receiving, Filing and Assembly, Dispensing,
Prepackaging and Extemporaneous Compounding.
3. Maintain NC-35 to 40 depending upon use of the space
1.3.12
4. Provide a dedicated air handling unit for inpatient pharmacy. An
2.2.6
outpatient pharmacy may or may not have a dedicated air handling
unit.
5. Filtration: Prefilters 30%, and After-filters 85%
2.3.2 table2-1
6. Dedicated exhaust for H12, type B2 biosafety cabinets.
2.11.3
7. Emergency power requirements for biological safety cabinet
2.16
exhaust fans.
Contact Satish Sehgal @ 202-565-5032, Kurt Knight @202-565-4663, Don Walden 202-565-5014 or Sat
Gupta @ 202-565-5268 for additional information.
September 2001
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