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31 AUGUST 1992

Mrs Diana McRae

(391 9033)

Standards for Hospital Planning Units, and

Health Building Guidelines

Summary

These Standards for Hospital Planning Units (HPU) set out the functional area allowances for the various Units or Departments which make up a public hospital. The information refers specifically to units or departments for the provision of a Level 4 Service, as defined in the Guide to the Role Delineation of Health Services, N.S.W. Health Department, 1991.

The Health Building Guidelines (HBG), which have been developed from the Standards for Hospital Planning Units (HPU), have been prepared for the various departments or units which make up such public hospitals. The Standards (HPU) and Guidelines (HBG) have confirmed that potential exists for savings to be achieved through such measures as the sharing of space, equipment, and staff. The flexible use of space, reduction of functional areas and circulation allowances, and general re-examination of budgeting and estimating philosophies, have also been identified as factors which, if addressed, can contribute to a reduction in the capital and recurrent cost of hospitals whilst maintaining existing standards of patient care.

Both the Standards (HPU) and the various Guidelines (HBG) which are to follow should be useful to architects, engineers, health planners and other groups involved with the planning, design and administration of public hospitals. The Standards for Hospital Planning Units and the first of the Health Building Guidelines have now been published and are obtainable from the Technical Services Unit, Capital Works Branch, N.S.W. Health Department, Locked Mail Bag 961, North Sydney, N.S.W. 2059.

DS-10.1Standards for Hospital Planning Units

The document sets out, for N.S.W. public hospitals, the functional area allowances for achieving affordable, workable hospital buildings, whilst accommodating acceptable Level-4 service. Information is provided for core units, clinical support units, community health, administration and education, general support units, and hospital amenities.

July 1992, ISBN 0 7305 3592 4,

State Publication No. (CW) 92-79.

$100.00 per copy post paid. Payment to accompany order

DS-17 Mortuary/Post Mortem Unit

Health Building Guideline

The document sets out the underlying principles, guideline structure and Hospital Planning Unit for the Mortuary/Post Mortem Unit. Detailed information includes sections on staffing, schedule of accommodation, diagrams outlining factors affecting unit design, general design considerations, functional spaces, vertical control drawings and matrices, equipment schedules, post occupancy evaluation, appendices, glossary and bibliography.

July 1992, ISBN 0 7305 3595 9,

State Publication No. (CW) 92-85

$100.00 per copy post paid. Payment to accompany order

DS-2212 Bed Paediatric/Adolescent In-Patient Unit

Health Building Guideline

The document sets out the underlying principles, guideline structure and Hospital Planning Unit for the 12 Bed Paediatric/Adolescent In-Patient Unit. Detailed information includes sections on staffing, schedule of accommodation, diagrams outlining factors affecting unit design, general design considerations, functional spaces, vertical control drawings and matrices, equipment schedules, post occupancy evaluation, appendices, glossary and bibliography.

August 1992, ISBN 0 7310 0402 7,

State Publication No. (CW) 92-95

$100.00 per copy post paid Payment to accompany order

The Standards for Hospital Planning Units and the two Health Building Guidelines outlined above are the first three in a series which will be published over the coming months and be available for $100.00 per copy post paid. The others in the series will be:-

Biomedical Engineering Unit

Central Sterile Supply Unit

Community Health Unit

Day Surgery/Procedures Unit

Emergency Unit/Sexual

Engineering and Maintenance Unit

In-patient Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit

Intensive Care/Coronary Care Unit

Linen Handling Unit

Medical Imaging Unit

Medical/Surgical Inpatient Accommodation

Obstetric Unit

Operating Suite

Pathology Unit

Pharmacy Unit

Psychiatric In-patient Unit

Rehabilitation/Day Hospital Unit

Stores Unit

 

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