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SpaceMed Newsletter

Fall 2008

Volume 1, Number 4

Oncology Services Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

Component	Capacity	Department Gross Square Feet (DGSF)	Comments

Linear Accelerator	8,000 to 10,000 annual treatments per linear accelerator unit	6,000 to 7,000 DGSF per linear accelerator vault	Includes space for treatment planning and CT scanner.
Exam Rooms	8 to 12 visits per day 2 to 4 visits per day	450 DGSF per exam room 500 to 600 DGSF per exam room	Routine office visits. Interdisciplinary clinics; includes education, conference, and consultation space.
Treatment Bays/Rooms	2 to 6 treatments per day	200 to 300 DGSF per treatment bay	Chemotherapy/infusion therapy; assumes 25% of treatment bays are in private, enclosed rooms.
Inpatient Oncology Unit		500 to 700 DGSF per bed	Lower space range for a mix of private and semiprivate patient rooms; higher range assumes all private patient rooms and enhanced amenities; excludes shared public lobbies, stairs/elevators, and other common areas not within the nursing unit.

Note: DGSF represents the "footprint" of a department or functional area and includes the net square feet of the individual rooms as well as the space occupied by internal circulation corridors, walls/partition, and minor utility shafts; DGSF excludes common areas such as shared public corridors and lobbies, elevator banks, stairwells, major mechanical spaces, and the space occupied by the building's exterior wall.

Source: SpaceMed Guide (Second Edition).

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