ABSTRACT

Building a clinically integrated workplace with a high level of clinical competence requires careful considerations of Hospital Planning. For greenfield or brownfield hospital projects, clinicians and C-Suite executives need to acquire capabilities to address the planning needs of any organization.

This book aims to provide both theoretical and practical inputs for the Planning & Designing of Health Care Facilities in Developing Countries. It clearly indicates the steps to be followed, facts to be weighed, and components to be considered to arrive at a correct planning solution. With health reform looming and the revenue base shifting rapidly, we need to integrate patient safety concerns in the design process.

Key Features

• Liberal use of tables and figures to support conclusions, illustrate concepts, and display quantitative information, making it easier for readers to understand and refer to large quantities of data

• Integrates the international norms for planning and designing health care facilities into the developing country setting

• Handbook and ready reckoner for C-Suite executives, hospital engineers, project consultants, and hospital administration students

part Unit 1|60 pages

Concepts of Planning & Designing

chapter 1A|5 pages

Hospital Planning

Types and Steps of Planning

chapter 1B|4 pages

Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Analysis

chapter 2|7 pages

Planning Machinery and Architect Brief

chapter 4|4 pages

Preparing a Detailed Project Report

chapter 5|3 pages

Site Selection and Site Planning

chapter 6|3 pages

Functional and Space Programming

chapter 7|5 pages

Anthropometry in Hospital Architecture

chapter 8|4 pages

Schematic Design

chapter 9|8 pages

Design and Construction Drawings

chapter 10|3 pages

Construction Documents

chapter 11|3 pages

Construction of the Hospital

chapter 12|7 pages

Commissioning of the Hospital

part Unit 2|143 pages

Planning & Designing of Individual Units

chapter 13|12 pages

Emergency Department (ED)

chapter 14|9 pages

Outpatient Department (OPD)

chapter 15|10 pages

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

chapter 16|8 pages

Operating Theatre (OT)

chapter 17|7 pages

Maternity Unit

chapter 18|7 pages

Inpatient Unit and its Context

chapter 19|10 pages

Medical Imaging Unit

chapter 20|8 pages

Medical Laboratory Unit

chapter 21|4 pages

Blood Bank

chapter 22|5 pages

Rehabilitation Unit

chapter 23|5 pages

Day Surgery/Procedure Unit

chapter 24|5 pages

Pharmacy Unit

chapter 25|6 pages

Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD)

chapter 26|8 pages

Medical Gas Pipeline System

chapter 27|5 pages

Hospital Dietary Services

chapter 28|5 pages

Laundry Services

chapter 29|5 pages

Medical Records Unit

chapter 30|5 pages

Mortuary Services

chapter 31|5 pages

Administration Unit

chapter 32|5 pages

Hospital Engineering and Maintenance Units

chapter 33|8 pages

Supply Unit

part Unit 3|95 pages

Planning & Designing of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) Services

chapter 35|9 pages

Electrical Services in Hospitals

chapter 36|9 pages

ELV and ICT Systems

chapter 37|8 pages

Water Supply Systems

chapter 38|6 pages

Sanitary Drainage Systems

chapter 40|8 pages

Pneumatic Tube Systems in Hospitals

chapter 41|6 pages

Signage and Wayfinding in Hospitals

chapter 42|7 pages

Biomedical Waste Management Systems

chapter 43|3 pages

Housekeeping Services

chapter 44|10 pages

Fire Safety

part Unit 4|12 pages

Equipment Planning and Outsourcing in Hospitals

chapter 46|7 pages

Medical Equipment Management

chapter 47|4 pages

Outsourcing in a Health Care Organization

part Unit 5|21 pages

Regionalization of Care

chapter 49|3 pages

Primary Health Centres

chapter 50|2 pages

Sub-Centres

chapter 51|4 pages

Community Health Centres

chapter 52|3 pages

District Hospitals

chapter 53|3 pages

Alternative Medicine

part 6|13 pages

Legal and Patient Safety Aspects

chapter 54|4 pages

Laws and Legislation in Hospitals

chapter 55|8 pages

Enhancing Patient Safety by Design