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ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170 offers guidance, regulation, and mandates to designers of health care facilities. The revised 2017 edition incorporates 12 addenda to the 2013 standard andincludes the following significant changes:

Addition of adiabatic humidifiers as an acceptable typeAddition of a new type of exam room with lower requirements for less-acute applicationsClarification around the prohibition of controls to change pressure relationships between spacesReduction in requirements for electroconvulsive therapy procedure roomsReduction in requirements for laboratories when allowed by certain calculationsHigher requirements for higher hazard exhaust airstreamsCoordination of space temperature requirements in the Sterile Processing Department withother industry groupsClarification of the definition of the primary diffuser array in operating rooms

The standard has also been reorganized into three sections: hospital spaces, outpatient spaces, and nursing home spaces. These changes were made to bring Standard 170 into alignment with the forthcoming 2018 FGI Guidelines.

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Published: 2017 ANSI: ANSI Approved Number of Pages: 42 File Size: 1 file , 830 KB Redline File Size: 2 files , 8.6 MB Product Code(s): D-86529, 86529