Understanding Hospital Design

What goes into vertical cores?

• Lift, Lift lobbies & staircases

• Lift, Lift lobbies & staircases along with AHU services

• Staircase and Lifts

• Staircase ,AHU & Electrical room

Width of treads of hospital staircase has to be

• 2 mts

• 1.5 mts

• 1.2 mts

• 2.5 mts

Height of riser in hospital design

• 100 mm

• 120 mm

• 150 mm

• 180 mm

Stretcher Lift size is

• 2400 x 2400 mm

• 2400 x 3000 mm

• 1800 x 3000 mm

• 1800 x 2400 mm

Ideal configuration for the room grid for a private hospital is

• 7.5m X 7.5m

• 7m x 8m

• 9m x 9m

• 8m x 9m

Design considerations for a core design in a hospital design

• Central Compact Design

• Shorter travel distance

• Increased land efficiency to save golden hours

• All of the above

Optimum distance to reach the vertical core from any given point has to be

• 30 - 45 m

• 15 - 30m

• less than 30 m

• less than 20 m

Temperature in hospital wards should be

• 18°C

• less than 24°C

• above 21°C and 24°C;

• None of the above

Service Floor is best to be provided between

• OT & IPD

• OT & ICU

• OPD & IPD

• None of the above

Biohazardous waste is

• infectious waste or biomedical waste

• Radio active medical waste

• Both A & B

• None of the above