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  
National Cemetery Administration Design Guide  
Urgent Care (with Appendix)  
Office of Information and Technology–Infrastructure Standard for Telecommunications Spaces (ISTS) Version 4.0 (OIT document, with Appendices)  
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service Design Guide (with Site Visit Reports)  
Research and Development (with Site Visit & Survey Reports)  
Emergency Department (with Site Visits Report)  
Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Design Criteria  
Inpatient Mental Health & Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Facilities  
Spinal Cord Injury / Disorders Center (with Site Visits Report)  
Imaging Services (with Site Visit Report)  
Mental Heath Outpatient Services  
Pharmacy Service  
Audiology and Speech Pathology Service  
Eye Clinic: Ophthalmology and Optometry Services  
Small House Model  
Healing Environment Design Guidelines  
Lease Based Outpatient Clinic Design Guide  
Surgical and Endovascular Service Design Guide (with Appendices)  
Sterile Processing Service and Logistics Service  
PACT (Patient Aligned Care Team) Space Module  
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC)  
Dental Service  
Cardiovascular Laboratory Service  
Digestive Diseases – Endoscopy Service  
Electroencephalography (EEG) Laboratory  
Medical/Surgical Inpatient Units & Intensive Care Nursing Units  
Pulmonary Medicine Service  
Office of Information and Technology (CFM document)  
Radiation Therapy Service