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Design
3.1 Location Requirements
• The clinic should be situated in a location that does not obstruct ambulance access in case of
emergencies.
• The clinic should be located in a manner that enables quick evacuation in case of emergencies.
• It shall be located in an area easily accessible by personnel.
• The medic accommodation must be located adjacent to the clinic.
• The clinic shall be located away from wastewater and sewage systems.
• The clinic should have a metal flag / sign board placed on top of its roof on each end.
The flags should be fixed at an elevation of 1.8 meters in order to distinguish the clinic
easily from other portables. It should be a minimum 70 cm x 70 cm in dimensions.
(Please check Figure 1 for clarification)

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• The clinic shall be located away from wastewater and sewage systems.
• The clinic should have a metal flag / sign board placed on top of its roof on each end. The
flags should be fixed at an elevation of 1.8 meters in order to distinguish the clinic easily from
other portables. It should be a minimum 70 cm x 70 cm in dimensions.
(Please check Figure 1 for clarification)
3.2 Layout Requirements
3.2 Layout Requirements
• The clinic should have an emergency entrance with a minimum width of 1.10 meters.
• • Theshould
The clinic emergency entrance
have an shall be
emergency provided
entrance with
with a ramp and
a minimum sideofhandrails.
width 1.10 meters.
• • In case the
The emergency clinic has
entrance one
shall beentrance, the entrance
provided with must
a ramp and be handrails.
side suitable for emergency use and shall
follow emergency entrance requirements mentioned (minimum width of 1.10 meters).
• In case the clinic has one entrance, the entrance must be suitable for emergency use and
shall follow emergency entrance requirements mentioned (minimum width of 1.10 meters).
0.7 m
1.8 m

Figure 1: Clinic sign board details


Figure 1: Clinic sign board details

• The clinic should have a lockable store room with level shelves suitable to store medical
supplies (minimum of 2.0 square meters).
• The clinic should have a lockable store room with level shelves suitable to store medical supplies
• The clinic should have
(minimum a square
of 2.0 lockablemeters).
janitor room including a floor sink, sufficient area for the
janitor trolley, and a wall mounted cabinet for storage (minimum of 1.2 square meters).
• The clinic should have a lockable janitor room including a floor sink, sufficient area for the
• The clinic should
janitor have and
trolley, a fully functional
a wall mounted toilet for patient’s
cabinet use. (minimum of 1.2 square meters).
for storage
The toilet
• The shall beshould
clinic equipped
havewith a wash
a fully basin, toilet
functional and a for
shower/bath with hot and cold water.
patient’s use.
The toilet
• The must beshall
toilet accessible through
be equipped withthea treatment
wash basin,area
and(minimum of 1.2 with
a shower/bath square
hotmeters).
and cold water.
• Themust
The clinic toilet must
have be accessible
a waiting through
area (for the treatment
one patient at least).area (minimum of 1.2 square meters).
• The clinic must have a waiting area (for one patient at least).

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3.3 Materials & Fittings
• Provide seamless non-slip vinyl flooring.
• Floor cabinets, wall mounted cabinets, shelves, walls, and flooring shall be laminated with a quality
finish that is easy to clean.
• All cabinets must be dust tight.
• All medicine cabinets must be lockable.
• All chairs in the clinic must have easy to clean surfaces.

3.4 Communications, Electrical and Lighting Requirements


• Provide a minimum of four double electrical sockets above the floor cabinets in the treatment
area for powering equipment.
• Provide a minimum of two double electrical sockets behind the emergency stretcher.
• Provide electrical sockets in the nurses’ station and screening area ( a minimum of two electrical
sockets).
• Provide exit signs and emergency light units.
• Provide adequate lighting in the clinic.
• Provide adequate spot lights in the treatment area to facilitate examinations.
• Provide adequate light units under wall mounted cabinets.
• Clinic entrance and emergency entrance must be properly lit.
• The clinic shall be sufficiently air conditioned.
• The nurses’ station should be equipped with a telephone with direct dial access and data
connection.

3.5 Treatment Area Requirements


• The treatment area should have a minimum of 15.0 square meters.
• The treatment area should have a fully functioning hand washbasin with cold and hot water.
• The treatment area and the waiting area must be separated with retractable curtains / screening
for patient privacy.
• The treatment area must be equipped with floor cabinets having a depth of 50cm.
• The treatment area must be equipped with kitchen like wall-mounted cabinets to store medicine.
The cabinets shall be 30cm in depth and should have internal partitions in order to prevent
medicine from falling during rig moves.
(Please check figure 2 for clarification)

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Figure 2: Clarification on cabinet’s layout and dimensions
Figure
Figure2:
2:Clarification
Clarification onon cabinet’s
cabinet’s layout
layout and dimensions
and dimensions

nt area and the medic/nurse station must be separated with curtains/screening


rivacy
he treatment area • and
Thethe
treatment area and
medic/nurse themust
station medic/nurse
be separatedstationwithmust be separated with curtains/screening for
curtains/screening
or patient privacy patient privacy
er/examination table should be placed in a position that does not obstruct the
e’s
heaccess.
• The stretcher/examination
The stretcher/examination
stretcher/examination table shouldtable
table
should
be placed inbe
should be
positioned
a position
placed
thatindoes
in a position that does not obstruct the
a location
not obstruct the
s the medic to access. medic/nurse’s
treat theThe
patient access. The
freely from both sidesstretcher/examination table should be positioned in a location that
medic/nurse’s stretcher/examination tablee.g. it hasbetopositioned
should be in a location
ar toenables
the wallthe
having enables
the the medic to treat the patient freely from both sides e.g. it has to be perpendicular to
hat medic to patient’s
treat the head
patientadjacent to the
freely from wall.
both Thee.g.
sides it has to be
amination should theface
also wallthe
having the patient’s head adjacent
emergency to the wall. The stretcher/examination should also
erpendicular to the wall having the patient’sentrance/exit
head adjacent in order
to theto provide
wall. The easy
mergency face
cases (Please the emergency
see also
figure entrance/exit
3 forthe
clarification) in order to provide easy access in emergency cases (Please see
tretcher/examination should face emergency entrance/exit in order to provide easy
figure 3 for clarification)
ccess in emergency cases (Please see figure 3 for clarification)

Figure
r/examination table 3:correct
is in the The stretcher/examination table istointhe
orientation and position adjacent the correct orientation and position adjacent to the
Emergency
Entrance/Exit as described above.
Emergency Entrance/Exit as described above.
The stretcher/examination table is in the correct orientation and position adjacent to the Emergency
Entrance/Exit as described above.

hall have a bed for • patients


The clinic shalltreatment
under have a bed for patients
if space permits.under treatment
In cases that if space permits. In cases that require
ents to beshall
closely
patients or
monitored
to resting
be closely monitored
in the clinic,
or resting in
the stretcher
the clinic, the stretcher / examination table shall
/ examination
he clinic have a bed for patients under treatment if space permits. In cases that
e free for the use
be
of any
free for
other
the use of
potential or
any other
patient.
potential patient.
equire patients to be closely monitored resting in the clinic, the stretcher / examination
able shall be free for the use of any other potential patient.
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