ASHRAE 170 2017
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ASHRAE Standard 170-2017 – Ventilation of Health Care Facilities (ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Approved)
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
ASHRAE | 2017 | 42 |
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 type Addition of a new type of exam room with lower requirements for less-acute applications Clarification around the prohibition of controls to change pressure relationships between spaces Reduction in requirements for electroconvulsive therapy procedure rooms Reduction in requirements for laboratories when allowed by certain calculations Higher requirements for higher hazard exhaust airstreams Coordination of space temperature requirements in the Sterile Processing Department withother industry groups Clarification 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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PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2017 |
3 | CONTENTS |
4 | 1. PURPOSE 2. SCOPE 3. DEFINITIONS |
6 | 4. COMPLIANCE 5. PLANNING 6. SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT |
8 | Table 6.4 Minimum Filter Efficiencies |
9 | Table 6.7.2 Supply Air Outlets |
10 | 7. SPACE VENTILATION—HOSPITAL SPACES |
11 | Table 7.1 Design Parameters—Hospital Spaces (Continued) |
17 | 8. SPACE VENTILATION—OUTPATIENT SPACES |
19 | Table 8.1 Design Parameters—Outpatient Spaces |
25 | 9. SPACE VENTILATION—NURSING HOME SPACES |
27 | Table 9.1 Design Parameters—Nursing Home Spaces |
32 | 10. PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, AND SYSTEM STARTUP |
33 | 11. NORMATIVE REFERENCES |
34 | INFORMATIVE APPENDIX A—OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) PROCEDURES A1. O&M in Health Care Facilities A2. Special Maintenance for HVAC Units A3. Air Intake Opening for Areaway Figure A3 Provisions for areaways. |
35 | INFORMATIVE APPENDIX B—INFORMATIVE REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY |
36 | INFORMATIVE APPENDIX C—ADDENDA DESCRIPTION INFORMATION Table C-1 ANSI/ASHRAE Addenda to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 170-2013 |