drawings, schedules and attachments.
Product selections shall be based on aesthetic
values, appearance, and cost as related to project
needs.
Use of personal names in interior signage is
discouraged. If personal names are required,
changeable message strips will be used. Consider
coordination of interior signage within this
specification with future signage required on
individual workstations.
Where appropriate for medical facilities, include
the following requirements for signage:
1. Permanent information on room identification
signs will have 0.80 mm (0.0312 inch) raised
characters and accompanying Grade 2 Braille.
Permanent information includes the room number on
all room identification signs, symbol and message on
toilet rooms, message on janitor closets,
mechanical/electrical and communications rooms, and
message on stairs.
2. Room numbering for spaces within the medical
facility will be determined jointly by the using
facility and the design team. User room number will
be different than architectural room number (see
MIL-HDBK 1191, 4.15.3). Room numbering will be
consistent throughout the facility, with odd numbers
on the right and even numbers on the left. For
inpatient medical facilities, rooms with audiovisual
nurse call need to have a unique user room number,
since audiovisual nurse call is tied into a digital
paging system. For outpatient clinics, rooms with
tonevisual nurse call, do not need a unique user
room number, since tonevisual nurse call is
hardwired to a panel located at a nursing station.
Room numbering should address the following issues:
a. Wayfinding within clinics and other
departments (user room #).
b.
Facility Maintenance (architectural room #).
c. Audiovisual Nurse Call (inpatient) (unique
user room #).
d. Tonevisual Nurse Call (outpatient) (user
room #).
3. The use of symbols/graphics on interior signage
will be limited. International symbols and graphics
will be used where needed. Recommended symbols
include men/women symbol for toilet rooms and
showers, men/women symbol with key for locker rooms,
telephone symbol for public telephone areas,
information (?), radiation symbol, biohazard symbol,
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