In this topic, we will provide an overview about electrical points in special Guidelines for healthcare buildings “FGI Facility Guidelines Institute” include:
1- Overview about FGI Facility Guidelines
Institute
- The most important points mentioned
in the Guidelines for
2- Hospital
* Small Inpatient
Primary Care Hospitals
* Psychiatric Hospitals
* Rehabilitation
Facilities
3- Ambulatory Care Facilities
* Outpatient Facilities
* Primary Care
Outpatient Centers
* Small Primary
(Neighborhood) Outpatient Facilities
* Freestanding
Outpatient Diagnostic and Treatment Facilities
* Freestanding Urgent
Care Facilities
* Freestanding Birthing
Centers
* Outpatient Surgical
Facilities
* Office Surgical
Facilities
* Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy Facilities
* Renal Dialysis
Centers
* Psychiatric
Outpatient Centers
* Mobile,
Transportable, and Relocatable Units
4- Other Health Care
Venues
* Nursing Facilities
* Hospice Care
* Assisted Living
* Adult Day Health Care
Facilities
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1-Overview about FGI
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Due
to the importance of healthcare buildings, special codes for these buildings
have been within the international codes/ standards or national codes /
standards.
FGI Facility Guidelines Institute is Nonprofit
organization dedicated to developing guidance for the planning, design, and
construction of hospitals, outpatient facilities, and residential health, care,
and support facilities.
FGI is presented is a basic guide and does not replace the code and the international and local standards.
Now you can take a look at the most important points about electrical design in FGI guide.
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2- Hospital
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Switchboards
- Main
switchboards shall be located in an area separate from plumbing and mechanical equipment and shall be accessible to authorized persons only.
- Switchboards
shall be convenient for use, readily accessible for maintenance, and away from
traffic lanes.
- Switchboards
shall be located in a dry, ventilated space free of corrosive or explosive fumes, gases, or any flammable material.
- Overload protective devices. These shall operate properly in ambient room temperatures.
Panel-boards
- Panel boards
serving critical branch, equipment system, or normal system loads shall be located on the same floor as the loads to be served.
- Location
of panel boards serving life safety branch loads on the floor above or the floor
below the loads to be served shall be permitted.
- - New
panel boards shall not be located in public access corridors.
Ground-fault circuit interrupters
- Ground-fault circuit interrupters
(GFCIs) shall comply with NFPA 70.
- When ground-fault circuit interrupters
are used in critical areas, provisions shall be made to ensure that other
essential equipment is not affected by activation of one interrupter.
Lighting
Average lux level:
Lighting for
specific locations in the hospital:
- Patient rooms. Patient
rooms shall have general lighting and night lighting.
A reading light shall
be provided for each patient.
Reading light controls
shall be accessible to the patient(s) without the patient having to get out of
bed.
- Flexible light arms,
if used, shall be mechanically controlled to prevent the lamp from contacting
the bed linen.
- Corridors in nursing units shall have general illumination with
provisions for reducing light levels at night.
- Exam/treatment/trauma
rooms. A portable or fixed examination light shall be provided for examination,
treatment, and trauma rooms.
- Operating and delivery
rooms. Operating and delivery rooms shall have general lighting in addition to
special lighting units provided at surgical and obstetrical tables. General lighting and special lighting shall be on separate circuits.
Receptacles
* Emergency
system receptacles. Electrical receptacle cover plates or electrical
receptacles supplied from the emergency systems shall be distinctively colored
or marked for identification. If color is used for identification purposes, the
same color shall be used throughout the facility.
* Receptacles in pediatric and psychiatric
unit corridors shall be of the tamper-resistant type.-
Equipment
X-ray equipment
- Fixed and mobile x-ray equipment
installations shall conform to articles 517 and 660 of NFPA 70.
- The x-ray film illuminator unit or
units for displaying at least two films simultaneously shall be installed in
each operating room, specified emergency treatment rooms, and x- ray viewing
room of the radiology department. All illuminator units within one space or room shall have lighting of uniform intensity and color value.
Special electrical equipment.
Special equipment is identified in the sections on critical care units, newborn
nurseries, pediatric and adolescent unit, psychiatric nursing unit, obstetrical
suite, surgical suites, emergency service, imaging suite, nuclear medicine,
laboratory suite, rehabilitation therapy department, renal dialysis unit,
respiratory therapy service, morgue, pharmacy, dietary facilities, administrative
and public areas, medical records, central services, general stores, and linen
services. These sections shall be consulted to ensure compatibility between pro-grammatically defined equipment needs and appropriate power and other
electrical connection needs.
Hand-washing stations and scrub
sinks.
If operation of a scrub sink or a hand-washing station in critical care
areas, emergency departments, labor and delivery, and surgical suites is
dependent on the building electrical service, it shall be connected to the
essential electrical system.
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* Small
Inpatient Primary Care Hospitals
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* The same notes for hospital.
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* Psychiatric
Hospitals
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* The same notes for hospital but note that:
Reading light controls shall be accessible to
the patient(s) without the patient having to
get out of bed.
Lighting:
- - Consideration
shall be given to the special needs of the elderly. Excessive contrast in lighting levels that makes effective sight adaptation difficult shall be minimized.
Refer to IES publication RP-28, Lighting and the Visual Environment for Senior
Living.
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- Light
fixtures. Light fixtures shall be secured or of sufficient height to prevent
patient access.
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- Patient
rooms. Patient rooms shall have general lighting
and night lighting. At least one nightlight where construction or room
configuration makes installation impractical.
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* Rehabilitation
Facilities
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* The same notes for hospital but note that:
lighting:
Equipment:
- Data processing and/or automated laboratory or diagnostic equipment, if provided, may require safeguards from power line disturbances.
- X-ray equipment. Fixed and mobile x-ray equipment installations shall conform to articles 517 and 660 of NFPA 70.
- Special electrical equipment. Special equipment is identified in the sections in this chapter on nursing units, support areas, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and imaging, if applicable. These sections shall be consulted to ensure compatibility between programmatically defined equipment needs and appropriate power and other electrical connection needs.
3-Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Outpatient Facilities
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* The same notes for hospital but note that:
Receptacles (Convenience Outlets)
- Duplex grounded-type receptacles (convenience outlets) shall be installed in all areas in sufficient
quantities for tasks to be performed as needed.
- Each examination and worktable shall have
access to a minimum of two duplex receptacles.
Equipment
- X-ray equipment. Fixed and mobile x-ray
equipment installations shall conform to articles 517
and 660 of NFPA 70.
- Inhalation anesthetizing locations. At inhalation anesthetizing locations, all electrical equipment
and devices, receptacles, and wiring shall comply with
applicable sections of NFPA 99 and NFPA 70.
- Special electrical equipment. Special equipment
is identified in the subsections of Section 2, Diagnostic
and Treatment Locations, of this chapter. These sections
shall be consulted to ensure compatibility between
programmatically defined equipment needs and appropriate power and other electrical connection needs
| * Outpatient Facilities
* Primary Care Outpatient Centers
* Freestanding Outpatient Diagnostic and Treatment Facilities
* Freestanding Urgent Care Facilities
* Freestanding Birthing Centers
* Outpatient Surgical Facilities
* Office Surgical Facilities
* Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Facilities
* Renal Dialysis Centers
* Psychiatric Outpatient Centers
* Mobile, Transportable, and Relocatable Units
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* The same notes for Ambulatory Care Facilities.
| -Small Primary (Neighborhood) Outpatient Facilities |
* The same notes for Ambulatory Care Facilities but note that.
- Guidelines for Design and Construction
of Health Care Facilities 2006
to read more here
https://www.fgiguidelines.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2006guidelines.pdf
Lighting
Lighting shall be provided in all facility spaces
occupied by people, machinery, and/or equipment,
and in outside entryways.
Automatic emergency lighting shall be provided
in every facility that has a total floor area of more than
1,000 square feet (92.9 square meters) and in every
facility requiring stairway exit.
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* The same notes for Ambulatory Care Facilities but note that.
Stored fuel
- Where stored fuel is required, storage capacity shall permit continuous operation for at
least 24 hours.
- Fuel storage for electricity generation shall be
separate from heating fuels.
- If the use of heating fuel for diesel engines is
considered after the required 24-hour supply
has been exhausted, positive valving and filtration shall be provided to avoid entry of
water and/or contaminants.
- Generators. Exhaust systems (including locations, mufflers, and vibration isolators) for internal combustion engines shall be designed and installed to minimize objectionable noise. Where a generator is routinely used to reduce peak loads, protection of patient areas from excessive noise may become a critical issue.
Resident rooms lighting:
- At least one task light shall be provided for each resident.
- Task light controls shall be readily accessible to residents.
- At least one low-level night light fixture in each room shall be located close to the floor
and controlled at the room entrance. When the approved functional program stipulates staff shall use portable light sources, omission of night lights in resident rooms shall be permitted.
- All light controls in resident areas shall be quiet-operating.
Resident unit corridors lighting:
- Resident unit corridors shall have general
illumination with provisions for reducing
light levels at night. Corridors and common
areas used by residents shall have even light
distribution to avoid glare, shadows, and scalloped lighting effects.
- Highly polished flooring or floors with glossy
sheen shall not be used.
* Hospice Care
* Assisted Living
* Adult Day Health Care Facilities |
* The same notes for Other Health Care Venues.
Sources:
to read more here
https://www.fgiguidelines.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2006guidelines.pdf
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