HVAC REQUIREMENTS IN PULMONARY MEDICINE
(REFER TO VA DESIGN GUIDE, PULMONARY MEDICINE, FOR GRAPHIC AND OTHER INFORMATION)
1. Indoor Design Temperatures, Noise Levels, Room Pressures, Air Changes Per
Hour, Outside Air. and Exhaust Requirements:
See VA Design Guide for Viewing/Library/AV Studies,
Ventilatory Test Room/Spirometry, Blood Gas Analysis Room,
Exercise Room, Special Procedures/Bronchoscopy Room,
Sleep Study Suite, Sleep Study/Diagnostic Room, Equipment
Room, and Scope Cleaning/Clean Storage.
2. TB Criteria
See HVAC Design Manual for Hospital Projects 3.22.
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