The document outlines various space standards and requirements for different departments and facilities within a hospital. It provides recommended room sizes for standard patient rooms ranging from 117 to 401 square feet depending on the number of beds. It also discusses space needs for operating rooms, nurseries, x-ray suites, physical therapy departments, occupational therapy clinics, radioisotope facilities, and emergency rooms. Key factors like location, amount of space, and special equipment are important considerations for ensuring effective service delivery across different therapeutic areas.

1. Hospital standards

2. • The standard room sizes for hospitals are
117 to 172 sq ft ( single room)
157 to 210( double room)
308 to 401 ( 4 bed room )
• Major differences are found in depth of Rooms from inside of exterior well to room side of corridor partition,
all the way from 14 ft- 6 in . For single rooms or 15 ft-0 in . For double and four-bed rooms to 21 ft-6 in .
• The standard capacity of the nursing unit is minimum 20 that can go up to 69 -70 beds In two bays facing
each other.
• A double bed room to 6 bed ward can b provided for intensive care patients
• Free floor space for a surgical suite should be 18 ft by 20 ft, or approximately 350 eq ft( recommend 20 ft by
20 ft free floor space )
• for lungs and heart surgeries larger suites are provided due to the usage of heavy machinery 1115 sq ft to
1585 sq ft total gross area per operating or cystoscopic room.
• Thus, a suite of eight operating rooms averaging 350 sq ft each = 2800 sq ft X 4 = 11,200 sq ft estimated total
area required-or 1400 sq ft per operating room

3. Outer zone : Administrative elements and basic control where personnel enter the department, patients are
received and held or sent to proper holding areas of
inner zone ; conference, classroom areas, locker spaces, any outpatient reception, etc .
Intermediate zone : Predominantly work and storage areas ; outside personnel will deliver to this area but should
not penetrate the inner zone . The recovery suite, if completely inte

4. • Nursery's are provided by w.r.t live birth in the area of the hospital for example 50 bed are provided in areas having
the 440 Life births per year to 500 beds for 1500 live birth areas. At the ratio or 1:22
• An important therapeutic area is the dayroom-playroom which may be used for dining and schoolwork as well . At
least 50 percent of the children may use this room .
• Pediatric nursing unit
Isolation room
Therapeutic
area
Dietary
facilities
Library –
classrooms
Waiting
and
interview
room

5. • The number of average x ray patients per day is 35 in a hospital of 100 beds. So the area for an x ray
suite can b calculated by identifying the no of beds in hospital.
• Space requirements for x ray suite
1. Administration room
2. Waiting room
3. Secretary Receptionist
4. Secretary file Clerk
5. Doctor viewing room
6. Radiologist room
7. Film files
8. Storage
9. Optical facilities
10. Dark room
• Very to suit different manufacturers’ equipment . A room approximately 15 ft by 18 ft by 9 ft-6 in .
• Electroencepholographic Suite that the operator be able to observe any movement of the patient
during treatment and shadows produced by a rotating machine interfere with observation.
• Physical therapy department Of the many environmental factors which condition the effectiveness of
physical therapy service to patients, the most important are
• Location
• Amount of Space
• workspace department
• Special consideration

6. Occupational therapy department For hospitals up to a 250-bed capacity, a basic plan was evolved
Net area of the clinic is about 1,450 aq ft, or 47 sq ft per person.
Radioisotope Facility The area required for radioisotope facilities is almost 28 ×16
Out pataint activity

7. Emergency Facilities
Public Sector Areas
• Entrance for patients arriving by ambulance,
• other modes of transportation, or conveyances
• Entrance for walk-in patients
• Control station
Public waiting space with appropriate public
amenities
•
• Treatment Facilities
• Patients’ observation room
• Treatment cubicles
• Examination rooms
• Cast room
• Critical care rooms