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Planning and Set Up of Icu
Planning and Set Up of Icu
OF ICU
Reception area
Patient Areas
Support and storage areas
Staff areas
Technical areas
Reception Area
125-150 sq. ft. floor area for each open area bed
space and 150-180 sq. ft. for single rooms*
Hand washing and gowning areas for each
isolation room
Positive/negative pressure air conditioning for
isolation rooms
Lounge/rest room
Changing rooms
Toilets and showers
Offices
Doctors on call rooms
Seminar/conference room
Technical Areas
Monitoring
Radiology
Respiratory therapy
Cardiovascular therapy
Support therapy-temp control, transport
Dialysis therapy
Laboratory
List of Equipment
Bedside monitors 1 per bed Gluometer-2
Ventilators 6-12 Intubating videoscope-1
Non invasive ventilators - 3 Cervical collars-4
Infusion pumps atleast 2 per bed Spinal boards-2
Syringe pumps atleast 2 per bed Bedside x-ray-1
Head end panel Echo and Ultrasound-1
Defibrillator with pacing facility -2 Ambu mask-10
Beds -1 for each Trays for proedures
Over bed table-1 for each bed I A balloon pump-1
Abg machine-1+1 Fiberoptic bronchosope-1
Crash trolley-2
Pulse oximeter-2 as standby
Airbeds -6
Leg comprssion devices-2
Refrigerator-1+1
Computer-2
Environmental services and
control
Time and sensory orientation-natural
illumination, clocks, calendars
Warm colours and soft furnishings
Reducing noise levels(max 45db in daytime and
20 db in night)
Overhead, task lighting, bright spotlights, night
lights
Air conditioning with HEPA filters
Communications and networking
RO water recirculation system at few beds
Exhaust at isolation rooms
Staffing of Major ICU