FGI 2018 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities

This is the first edition of the Guidelines in which requirements for outpatient facilities are presented independently from hospital and residential care facility requirements. Facility types covered in the 2018 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities include general and specialty medical services facilities, outpatient imaging facilities, birth centers, urgent care centers, infusion centers, outpatient surgery facilities, freestanding emergency care facilities, endoscopy facilities, renal dialysis centers, outpatient psychiatric centers, outpatient rehabilitation therapy facilities, mobile/transportable medical units, and dental facilities.

Changes in the 2018 Outpatient Guidelines provide guidance on two approaches for applying the Guidelines requirements to outpatient facility projects; a new section on accommodations for care of patients of size; a classification system for imaging rooms; and expanded laboratory, new pharmacy, and revised sterile processing facility requirements.

As with the previous two editions, ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170: Ventilation of Health Care Facilities was incorporated into the Guidelines to provide ventilation requirements for health care facilities. The 2018 edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals includes the 2017 edition of ASHRAE 170, with all addenda approved through November 2017.