Medical/Surgical Inpatient Units & Intensive Care Nursing Units  

This document is intended to be used as a guide and is supplementary to current technical manuals, building codes and other VA criteria in planning Healthcare Facilities. The Design Guide is not to be used as a standard design; it does not preclude the need for a functional and physical design program for each specific project.

The Medical / Surgical Inpatient Units / Intensive Care Units Design Guide (PG-18-12 Chapter 100, 102) was developed as a design tool to assist the medical center staff, VACO Planners, and the project team in better understanding the choices that designers ask them to make, and to help designers understand the functional requirements necessary for proper operation of this Patient Care Unit.