Design Guide Index ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
NOTICE: A major update and revision of the VA Design Guides is currently underway. Update will be incremental; completed Guides will be posted on this site and noted as current. As much information in these Guides is dated, it is recommended that they be used with moderate caution to assure that current standards of the health care industry are addressed in meeting VA's needs. A planning/design consultant may be helpful in confirming the validity of project specific data.
Design Guides are intended to help speed the design process, control cost, avoid errors and omissions, and get value for dollars spent. Design guides are developed in partnership with the using service and are benchmarked with similar private sector guides. They are to be applied flexibly, not as rigid standards.
If you have questions about, or have difficulty accessing the content of the PDF files, please e-mail Facilities Standards Service at til@va.gov, or contact Gary M. Fischer, Architect at 202-632-4898.
Ambulatory Care (Hospital Based)
Cardiovascular Laboratories ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Community Living Center ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Digestive Diseases - Endoscopy Service![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Electroencephalography Laboratory![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Eye Clinic
Inpatient Nursing Units![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Mental Health
Nuclear Medicine
Office of Information & Technology ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Outpatient Clinic, Lease Based
Outpatient Clinic (SOC/CBOC)
Outpatient Pharmacy
Pharmacy Service
Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC)
Pulmonary Medicine Service ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214175321im_/http://www.cfm.va.gov/images/minidocPDF.gif)
Radiation Therapy
Radiology
Research Laboratory
Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders Center
Supply, Processing & Distribution (SPD)
Surgical Service
Tuberculosis (TB)
Veterinary Medical Unit
- Section 1 - Introduction, Credits, Abbreviations, Legend of Symbols
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- Section 2 - Narrative
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- Section 3 - Relational Diagrams
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- Section 4 - General Rooms: Design Guide Plates, Design Standards
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- Section 5, Plate 5-1 through 5-5 - Areas Specific to VMU's: Design Guide Plates, Design Standards
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- Section 5, Plate 5-6 through 5-11 - Areas Specific to VMU's: Design Guide Plates, Design Standards
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- Section 5, Plate 5-12 through 5-16 - Areas Specific to VMU's: Design Guide Plates, Design Standards
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- Section 6 - Operating Suite and Radiographic Suite: Design Guide Plates, Design Standards
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- Section 7 - Containment Suites: Design Guide Plates, Design Standards
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