Provides standards for design of selected clinical departments including an overview of design principles and concepts, narrative text descriptions, and room templates for use in the planning, design, and construction of VA projects. They should be used as reference documents for all participants in the project team when new facilities are constructed or when existing facilities are renovated.

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Design Guide Index   PDF Download dg_index.pdf
National Cemetery Administration Design Guide   PDF Download dgNCA.pdf
Urgent Care (with Appendix)   PDF Download dg_urg_care.pdf
Office of Information and Technology–Infrastructure Standard for Telecommunications Spaces (ISTS) Version 4.0 (OIT document, with Appendices)   PDF Download dg_oit_ists_v4-0.pdf
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service Design Guide (with Site Visit Reports)   PDF Download dg_pmrs.pdf
Research and Development (with Site Visit & Survey Reports)   PDF Download dg_research.pdf
Emergency Department (with Site Visits Report)   PDF Download dg_emergdept.pdf
Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Design Criteria   PDF Download dc_sphm.pdf
Inpatient Mental Health & Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Facilities   PDF Download dgMH_2021.pdf
Spinal Cord Injury / Disorders Center (with Site Visits Report)   PDF Download dgSCIDC_2020.pdf
Imaging Services (with Site Visit Report)   PDF Download dg_imaging.pdf
Mental Heath Outpatient Services   PDF Download dg_mhop.pdf
Pharmacy Service   PDF Download dg_pharm.pdf
Audiology and Speech Pathology Service   PDF Download dgAudio-spchPath.pdf
Eye Clinic: Ophthalmology and Optometry Services   PDF Download dgeye.pdf
Small House Model   PDF Download dg_small_house_model.pdf
Healing Environment Design Guidelines   PDF Download dg_healenvir.pdf
Lease Based Outpatient Clinic Design Guide   PDF Download lbocdg.pdf
Surgical and Endovascular Service Design Guide (with Appendices)   PDF Download dg_surgical_services.pdf
Sterile Processing Service and Logistics Service   PDF Download sps_log.pdf
PACT (Patient Aligned Care Team) Space Module   PDF Download dgpact.pdf
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC)   PDF Download prc.pdf
Dental Service   PDF Download dgdental.pdf
Cardiovascular Laboratory Service   PDF Download cardiovascular.pdf
Digestive Diseases – Endoscopy Service   PDF Download digestive_endoscopy.pdf
Electroencephalography (EEG) Laboratory   PDF Download eeg.pdf
Medical/Surgical Inpatient Units & Intensive Care Nursing Units   PDF Download inpatient_nu.pdf
Pulmonary Medicine Service   PDF Download pulmonary.pdf
Office of Information and Technology (CFM document)   PDF Download oit.pdf
Radiation Therapy Service   PDF Download dgradiation_th.pdf