Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities 2014

About this book

This product of the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) provides minimum standards for design and construction of hospitals and outpatient facilities. The standards for long- term care facilities will appear in a new document for 2014; please see the entry for Guidelines for Design and Construction of Residential Health Care and Support Facilities. Included in the Guidelines for Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities is information on the planning design construction and commissioning process and facility requirements for both hospitals and outpatient facilities. Included are general hospitals psychiatric hospitals and rehabilitation facilities as well as new chapters on childrens and critical access hospitals. Outpatient facilities covered include primary care facilities; outpatient surgery facilities; birth centers; urgent care centers; mobile units; outpatient psychiatric and rehabilitation centers; facilities for endoscopy dialysis and cancer treatment; and a new chapter on dental facilities. In addition the 2014 Guidelines includes new material on safety risk assessments and medication safety zones; increased requirements for commissioning infrastructure systems; and updated requirements for surgery imaging endoscopy and dialysis facilities as well as primary care facilities and freestanding emergency facilities.