Planning & Designing Health Care Facilities in Developing Countries

Preface

Foreword

01. Unit I: Concepts of Planning & Designing

C 1 Planning a hospital: Phases, Steps & Feasibility Study 1a & 1b. C 2 Planning Machinery & Architect's Brief. C 3 Issues to consider while planning & designing a hospital. C 4 Preparing DPR for Hospital . C 5 Site Selection & Site Planning. C 6 Functional and Space Programming. C 7 Anthropometric Measurements. C 8 Schematic design of the hospital. C 9 Design and Construction Drawings. C 10 Construction documents. C11 Construction of Hospitals. C12 Commissioning of Hospital. References.

02. Unit II: Planning & Designing of Individual Department/Unit/Areas

C 13 Emergency Services. C 14 OPD. C 15 ICU. C 16 OT. C 17 Maternity Unit. C 18 Inpatient Units. C 19 Radiodiagnosis & Imaging. C 20 Clinical Laboratories. C 21 Blood Bank. C 22 Rehabilitation Unit. C 23 Day Care Unit. C 24 Pharmacy Unit. C 25 CSSD. C 26 MGPS. C 27 Dietary Unit. C 28 Laundry Unit. C 29 MRD. C 30 Mortuary Unit. C 31 Administrative Unit. C 32 Engineering & Maintenance Unit. C 33 Supply Unit. References.

03. Unit III: Planning & Designing of Support Services

C 34 HVAC. C 35 Electrical Services. C 36 ELV & ICT Services. C 37 Water Supply System. C 38 Sanitary Drainage System. C 39 Vertical Transport System. C 40 Pneumatic Tube System. C 41 Signage System. C 42 BMWM Services. C 43 Housekeeping Services. C 44 Fire Safety. C 45 Green Hospitals. References.

04. Unit IV: Equipment Planning & Outsourcing

C 46 Equipment Planning. C 47 Outsourcing in Healthcare Organisation. References.

05. Unit V: Regionalization of Healthcare

C 48 Healthcare Facilities in India. C 49 Sub Centre. References.

06. Unit VI: Legal & Patient Safety Aspects

C 50 Laws Applicable to Hospital. C 51 Enhancing patient safety through design. References.