CODE 059 – DESIGN 7

TITLE: “TWO HUNDRED-BED GENERAL HOSPITAL”

SPACE PROGRAMMING
DATE GIVEN: SEPTEMBER 6, 2O21
DATE DUE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2O21
TUMAMUDTAMUD, JOLINA T. AR. MA. ELEANOR LUCERO, MA
Hospitals are one of the most complex building to design. With the wide range of
services and functional units that it provides, it shall be designed and planned to meet
the prescribed programs, conform to building laws and space requirements and observe
proper architectural and engineering practices.
The basic services that a general hospitals offer include: short-term
hospitalization, emergency room services, general and specialty surgical services. The
sizes of general hospitals can range from 200 to 1000 beds – mostly between 500 and
800 beds – and they provide 24-hour medical and nursing care of the sick and disabled.
They also supply out-patient services and many now provide day-care facilities
where patients are admitted for simple operations and diagnostic testing, then to be
returned home the same day. General hospitals also incorporate an accident and
emergency department.

DEFINITION OF REQUIRED SPACES

A. Administrative
 Main entrance lobby
- area located at the main entrance of the building used as the main entry from the
outside
 Main waiting area

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- area where visitors of the building wait while sitting or standing until given notice
 Information desk and switchboard
- Area for a hospital staff tasked to do provides guests and visitors with information
regarding hospital services
 Admitting office
- An office where administrative staff carry out procedures in order for a patient to
be admitted
 Medical record room
- A room meant to store and safeguard patients’ medical records admitted in the
hospital
 Medical library
- A library that provides specific information like researches and medical
techniques, that hospital staff need.

 Business center
- An office in the hospital where it is arranged to provide individual offices for local
representatives of professionals
 Staff conference and lounge room
- A room where staff may socialize, rest and have conferences
 Toilet facilities
- water closets, urinals, lavatories, and the rooms provided for installation of these
units.
 Cashiers office
- Office intended for the hospital cashier and its staff
 Vault room
- For storing important staff’s belongings
 Staff office
- An office in the building where hospital staff work sitting at their personal desks
 Chief accountant and staff office
- An office intended for the chief accountant and his/her staff

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  Pharmacy room
- A hospital facility where a specific staff prepares, compounds, stocks and
dispenses inpatient medications
 Drug store
- It is where specific medications are dispensed over-the-counter and prescription
medications to outpatients.
 Pharmacist office
- Office for the hospital pharmacist
 Doctors office/ secretary / file room
- An office where the doctor and his/her secretary provide treatment to patients
 Hospital director’s office
- Office for the hospital director
 Asst. director’s office
- Office for the assistant director
 Chief nurse and staff / secretary
- Office for the nurses and its chief
 Lockers room
- A room that has lockers for storage of personal belongings of staff
 Janitorial space
- A small room that includes toilet brushes, plungers, sanitizing cleaners, and
deodorizers used by the hospital janitors

B. Out-patient Department

 Waiting area
- area where visitors of the building wait while sitting or standing until given notice

 Social service room

- Room or office for range of public services intended to provide support and
assistance towards health care of the public

 Consultation room

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 - Where doctor or specialists examine a patient

 Examination and treatment room

- Where patients receive medical care like health examination and treatments

 Utility room
- Room that stores materials and appliances for cleaning

 Toilet facilities
- water closets, urinals, lavatories, and the rooms provided for installation of these
units.

 Immunization room
- Room where patient that requires immunization receives treatment

 Solution room (sterilizer)

- Room with a purpose of disinfecting equipment and materials with chemicals

 Men and women locker rooms with T&B

- Rooms for personal storage lockers with toilet and bath for hospital staff
 Lounge room with kitchenette
- Space for staff lounging with kitchen facility

 Dental clinic with dental laboratory

- Where dentist perform dental procedure to patients

 Eye, ear, nose and throat (EENT)

- Where otolaryngologist perform medical procedures and consultations to patients

C. Surgical Department / Emergency Services

 Ambulance parking
- Parking for ambulance only

 Emergency lobby
- area located at the emergency department of the building used as the main entry
for emergency services

 Emergency and treatment rooms

- Area for treatment procedures during emergency

 Observation room with 3 beds

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 - Where patients are placed to be observed by doctors and nurses

 Surgical corridor
- Corridor in surgical department

 Doctors lockers
- Area where doctor’s lockers are located

 Nurse’s lockers
- Area where nurse’s lockers are located

 Nurse’s station
-  location at which nursing staff perform charting and related activities throughout
their shift

 Clean-up room
- Room for cleaning after surgery to help minimize and control the level of airborne
particulates

 Film processing room

- Also called as dark room; a facility where handling and processing of films/light
sensitive materials

 Storage
- Room for storing various hospital supplies

D. Maternity Department and Nursery

 Delivery rooms
- A room where obstetrician assist deliveries and labors for mothers. This is also
where mothers spend their recoveries
 Scrub-up
- Placed next to delivery rooms where nurses and obstetrician sanitize before
going into delivery rooms
 Labor rooms
- Where mothers spend their labor hours and recovery
 Clean-up sterile rooms
- For cleaning and sterilizing equipment before and after it is used

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 Nurses station
- location at which nursing staff perform charting and related activities throughout
their shift
 Nursery (full-term) at least 12-bassiness
-  an area for nurses to take care of newborn babies, separate from their mothers.
 Observation nursery
- An area for continuous monitoring of babies with special treatment
 Pre-mature nursery
- Where babies with special monitoring, oxygen or an intravenous tube are taken
care of by the nurses
 Doctors and nurse lounge room with kitchenette
- With lounge areas for doctors and nurses with kitchen service
 Bedroom with toilet
- Room intended for private use of staff at shift
 Solaria
- A recreational space exposed to the sun which is used by patients and visitors

 Treatment room and consultation room

- Room where doctors and nurses give treatment procedures and medical
consultations

 Viewing room
- Provided for the patient’s relatives to look upon their dead loved one for one last
time

 Intensive care units (isolation rooms)

- For patients who need critical care and treatment

 Janitorial space
- A small room that includes toilet brushes, plungers, sanitizing cleaners, and
deodorizers used by the hospital janitors

E. Pediatric Department

 4 private wards with locker and T&B

- Contains only 1 bed for private use of fee-paying patient, provided with personal
lockers and Td

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 Pay ward with shower and toilet
- It is also a patient ward but with lesser amenities and cheaper fee; not a private
ward

 Ward for 6 beds (men)

- Room with many beds for men

 Ward for 6 beds (women)

- Room with many beds for women

 Dayroom
- Recreational space for patients during the day; it like a living room; basically,
parents may also join their admitted kids to socialize with them

 Playroom / space
- Room where children can find toys and games while they are hospitalized

 Doctors rest room with T & B

- A private room with toilet and bath for the pediatrician
 Storage room (formula)
- Where medical staff store medications for use at the hospital

 Waiting and consultation room

- Where patients and visitors wait; where they are consulted by the pediatrician

 Janitors space
- A small room that includes toilet brushes, plungers, sanitizing cleaners, and
deodorizers used by the hospital janitors

F. Laboratory Department

 Waiting area
- Area where patients and visitors wait until further notice

 Pathologist’s office
- Private office for the pathologist in charge

 Secretary area
- Area for the pathologist’s secretary

 Examination room

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- Equipped with machines necessary for examining patients

 Bacteriology
- Where specialists study bacteria that cause human infections; must be secured
and isolated

 Urinalysis
- Where patient’s urine samples are studied

 Serology
- Like blood tests but dig deeper into studying it

 Histology (animal tissue)

- Where specialists diagnose and study patient’s tissues

 Biochemistry
- Various tests are held here that concerns body fluids and tissues

 Haematologist (blood)
- Where blood tests happen
 Washing and sterilizing room
- Area where laboratory equipment is cleaned, sterilized and sanitize before and
after uses

 Blood bank room

- Area where blood is stored in a certain temperature

 Library room
- Stores variety of research references for laboratory use

 Doctors and nurses lounge room

- laboratory staff and visitors rest and relax in this space

G. Autopsy and Morgue Room

- storage for human corpse or deceased patients are placed in the morgue room;
Where human corpse await removal for autopsy

H. General Services
 Central Storage
- The main storage room of the hospital; bigger in size compared to other storage
rooms

 Pharmacy Storage

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- Where medicines are stored for hospital use

 Furniture Room
- Extra furnitures are stored here

 Male Helpers Lockers with T & B

- Locker room for male helpers with toilet and bath

 Female Helpers Lockers with T&B

- Locker room for male helpers with toilet and bath

 Main Kitchen
- The main kitchen facility of the hospital; equipped with appliances essential for
creating good and clean food for the people within the hospital

 Dish Washing Room

- Kitchen utensils are cleaned here after use; there are two designated areas here,
a place for dirty dishes and place for clean dishes

 Garbage Room
- Where hospital garbage is separated, recycled, and collected; this space should
be designed carefully due to toxic hospital wastes

 Janitors Room
- Where maintenance staff can rest during their break; also provide storage for
their personal belongings

 Dietician Room
- Office for the hospital dietician

 Day Storage
- Additional storage room

 Laundry Room
- Where dirty hospital laundry is cleaned; should be located away from the main
service area of hospital

 Central Linen
- Where all textiles used in the hospital are stored

 Garage

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 - Garage area for general services delivery and pick-up like stocks for the main
kitchen

 Transformer Vault Room

- Holding area for transformers

 Electrical Room
- Room intended to store electrical equipment

 Mechanical Room
- Room intended for machineries needed to control the hospital’s environment

 Pump Room
- Where pumps are housed or stored

 Maintenance Shop
- The maintenance facility of the hospital; tasked for maintaining the building and
its equipment

 Stairs
- leads persons from one floor to another
 Elevators
- Moves person vertically from one floor to another

 Machine Rooms
- Rooms for smaller machines in a floor

 Pandemic space requirements based on the COVID-19 situation.

- Can be modular design for the sole purpose of containing covid-19; may be open
space or closed; specific guidelines are followed in designing these spaces

SPACE PROGRAMMING

Name of Access Location Relationship Notes

Space/ Requirements
Department
Children’s To outdoor play Preferably Units include
Wards area ground parents overnight
floor stay
Maternity wards ante-natal clinic
Delivery suite Ambulance Wards, clinics,

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 access may be operating theatres
required for
dep’t as a
whole
Special care Delivery suite
baby unit
Isolation units Private
external
access for
infectious
cases
Surgery Surgical beds, Special
department accident dep’t ventilation
needs
include
refrigeration
X-ray Emergency dep’t Special
ceiling
heights and
heavy
equipment
Mortuary and Private external Special
post-mortem access for attention to
undertaker’s ventilation of
vehicles post-mortem
area
Accident and Ambulance Direct access to X- Relationships
emergency access for ray dep’t, assume no
emergency fracture clinic separate X-
cases ray or
theatres
in accident
department
Out-patient Pedestrian and Main Fracture clinics to
department ambulance reception accident/emergenc
including access for and waiting y dep’t, convenient
fracture clinic, large numbers area access to
ante-natal, should be pharmacy, good
dental, clinical ground access to medical
measurement, floor records dep’t often
ears, nose and adjacent
throat, eyes,
children’s
outpatients and
comprehensive
assessment

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Pharmacy External supply OPD, hospital
access supply routes
Kitchens External supply Ground Hospital supply
access floor/near routes and bed
bed areas areas served –
dining room server
Cafeterias Access from kitchen
server, good staff
access from whole
hospital
Store Supply vehicles Usually in Hospital supply Special
service routes height may
area be needed
for
mechanical
handling
Laundry Supply vehicles Ground Hospital supply
floor, routes
service
area
Utility rooms Vehicle parking
Main entrance External In-patient reception Also includes
accommodation access for in- area, or medical billing
patients, records main facilities
visitors, hospital horizontal
perhaps communication
outpatients and routes
staff
Non-resident On route between Hospital
staff changing staff entrance and supply route
departments for clean and
served, dirty linen

SPACE COMPUTATION

UNIT
ARE TOTAL
QUANTI A in AREA in
NAME OF SPACE TY sq.m sq.m REMARKS
Administrative Department        
Main entrance lobby 1 100 100 60 persons
Main waiting area 1 125 125 50 persons

Information desk and switchboard

1 34 34  

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Admitting office 1 36 36  
Medical record room 1 68 68  
Medical library 1 50 50  
Business center 1 81 81  

Staff conference and lounge room

1 20 20  
Toilet facilities 2 18 18  
1 personnel officer;
1 cashier; 1
Business and finance office
bookeeper; 2
1 30 30 clerks
Vault room 1 11 11  
Staff office 1 64 64  

Chief accountant and staff office

1 24 24 1 chief; 2 clerks
Pharmacy room 1 28 28  
Drug store 1 16 16  
Pharmacist office 1 12 12  

Doctors office/ secretary / file room

1 144 144 for 8 physicians
Hospital directors office 1 chief; 1
1 35 35 secretary; 2 visitors
Asst. directors office 1 22 22  

Chief nurse and staff / secretary

1 25 25 1 chief; 1 secretary
Lockers room 2 10 20  
Janitorial space 1 5 5  
TOTAL   968 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   387.2 sq.m
NET TOTAL   1355.2 sq.m
Out-patient Department        
Waiting area 1 54 54 20 persons
*work area
reasonable
conditions = 4.2 to
Social service room 1 30 30 6.0 per person
Utility room 1 2 4  
Toilet facilities 2 18 36  
Immunization room 1 6 6  
Solution room (sterilizer) 1 6 6  

Men and women locker rooms with T&B 2 6.25 12.5  

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Lounge room with kitchenette
1 17 17  
Examination room       1 patient each
A. Central Injection room 1 18 18  
B. Obstetric and Gynaecological clinic
1      
C. Gastroeneterology 1 18 18  

D. Dental clinic with dental laboratory 1 18 18  

E. Fracture (Orthopedic) room with splint

and plaster closet 1 22 22  

F. Eye, ear, nose and throat ( EENT ) 1 18 18  

TOTAL   259.5 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   103.8 sq.m
NET TOTAL   363.3 sq.m
Emergency Department        
Ambulance parking 2 18 36  
Emergency lobby 1 76 76  
Reception area 1 10 10  

Emergency and treatment rooms 4 14 56 1 person each

Observation room 2 50 100 6 patients

Doctors on duty room for male and

1 25 25 female (separate)
Nurse’s lockers 1 12 12 with rest room
Nurse’s station 1 10 10  
OT for minor operations 1 25 25 *min width of 4m
Scrub-up Area 1 6 6  
Stretcher Storage 1 12 12  
Clean-up room 1 6 6  
Film processing room 1 12 12  
Light room 1 12 12  
Record room 1 10 10  
Storage 1 9 9  
Toilet facilities 2 18 36  
TOTAL   453 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   181.2 sq.m
NET TOTAL   634.2 sq.m

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Maternity Department And Nursery        
Delivery rooms 2 36 72  
Scrub-up 2 4.65 9.3  
Post-natal room 15 16 32  
Labour rooms 2 54 108 3 beds per room
Clean-up sterile rooms 1 4.65 4.65  
Nurses station 1 10 10  
Counseling room 1 36 36  

Nursery (full-term)at least 12-bassinet

1 60 60 3.70 sq.m/bassinet
Observation nursery 1 42 42 5 beds
Ultrasound room 1 18 18  
Pre-mature nursery 1 24 24 2.78/bassinet
Doctors and nurse lounge room with
kitchenette 1 14 14  
Counseling room 1 36 36  
Breastfeeding room 1 10 10  
Lockers room 1 10 10  
Bedroom with toilet 1 9 9  
Solaria 1 25 25  

Treatment room and consultation room

2 28 56  
Viewing room 1 16 16  

Intensive care units (isolation rooms) 5 16 80 1 patient each

Janitorial space 1 5 5  
TOTAL   676.95 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   270.78 sq.m
NET TOTAL   947.73 sq.m
In-patient Department        
Common reception area 1 30 30  
Waiting area 1 50 50 10 persons each
1 Patient Room 12 25 300  
2 Patient Room 8 25 200  
Sluice Room 1 4 4  
Special treatment room 1 1 18 1 patient each
Electrical Room 1 3 3 with control panel
Family area 2 80 160  
Sanitizing area 1 4 4  

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Cleaning area with storage 1 4.8 4.8  
Procedure Room 1 9 9  
Ward Pantry 4 16 64  
Patient transfer area 2 40 80  
Toilet facilities 2 18 18  
Nurse Station 1 10 10  
Janitorial space 1 5 5  
TOTAL   959.8 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   382.32 sq.m
NET TOTAL   1342.12 sq.m
Pediatric Department        
Children Ward 1 1 200 12-bed ward
Private ward 5 20 100 1 patient each
with bed and
Nurses' rest with toilet and bath 2 16 32 lounge area
Dayroom 1 22 22 2 patient each
Playroom / space 1 60 60 6 patient each
Sanitizing area 1 4 4  
Immunization room 1 6 6  
Doctors rest room with T & B 2 10 10 2 duty doctors
Storage room (formula) 1 8 8 8 patient each

Waiting and consultation room 1 20 20 2 patient each

Janitors space 1 8 8 8 patient each
TOTAL   470 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   148 sq.m
NET TOTAL   618 sq.m
Surgery Department        
Registration area 1 8 8  
Waiting area 1 25 25 10 persons
Operating theaters 4 36 144  
Scrub-up Area 2 6 12  
Gowning area 2 4 8  
Trolley preparation room 1 14 14  
Pre-operative room 1 28 28  
Post-operative room 1 60 60 2 patients
Soiled utility wash 1 6 6  
Doctor’s locker 2 5 10 male and female
Doctor’s toilet 2 8 8 male and female

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Doctor’s lounge and meeting room 1 23 23  

Staff’s locker, changing room 2 15 30 male and female

Staff toilet 2 4 4 male and female
TOTAL   380 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   152 sq.m
NET TOTAL   532 sq.m
Laboratory Department        
Waiting area 1 26 26 15 persons
Pathologist’s office 1 18 18  
Secretary 1 16 16  
Record room 1 5 5  
Sample collection area 1 16 16  
Examination room 1 18 18  
Bacteriology 1 18 18  
Urinalysis 1 18 18  
Serology 1 18 18  
Histology (animal tissue) 1 10 10  
Biochemistry 1 10 10  
Haematologist (blood) 1 18 18  

Washing and sterilizing room 1 7 7  

Blood bank room 1 4 4  
Library room 1 9 9  
Common toilet 2 9 9 male and female

Doctors and nurses lounge room 1 28 28  

TOTAL   248 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   99.2 sq.m
NET TOTAL   347.2 sq.m
Autopsy and Morgue Room 1 380 380  
General Services        
Central Storage 1 40 40  
Pharmacy Storage 1 28 28  
Furniture Room 1 20 20  

Male Helpers Lockers with T & B

1 8 8  

Female Helpers Lockers with T&B

1 8 8  
Main Kitchen 1 80 80  

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Dish Washing Room 1 8 8  
Garbage Room 1 9 9  
Janitors Room 1 7 7  
Dietician Room 1 16 16 with storage
Day Store 1 24 24  
Laundry Room 1 20 20  
Central Linen 1 15 15  
Garage 1 60 60  
Transformer Vault Room 1 96 96  
Electrical Room 2 10 10  
Mechanical Room 1 48 48 aircon
Pump Room 2 10 20  
Maintenance Shop 1 18 18 with 1 office
Machine Rooms 1 40 40 generators
TOTAL   575 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   230 sq.m
NET TOTAL   805 sq.m
Covid Isolation Building        

Isolation room with toilet and bath

40 16 640 1 person each
Nurse Station 3 10 30  

Staff isolation room with toilet and bath

20 10 200  
Utility room for dirty and clean
2 6 12 utility
Change room 2 7.5 15  
Laboratory 1 50 50  
Testing Room 2 9 18  
Record room 1 10 10  
Sanitizing area 1 6 6  
TOTAL   981 sq.m
CIRCULATION AREA (40%)   276.4 sq.m
NET TOTAL   1257.4  
TOTAL NET AREA   8218.85 sq.m

CIRCULATION AREA (35% OF TOTAL AREA)

  2876.5975 sq.m

GREEN SPACES (30% OF TOTAL AREA )

  2465.655  
GRAND TOTAL AREA   13561.1025 sq.m

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