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	===Spatial Planning===		===Spatial Planning===
	This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.		This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.
	[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram {{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}]]		[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram {{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}\|alt=\|none]]

	The questions to be asked and answered during the space planning stage of design relate to the adjacency of the required spaces and their inter-relationships.		The questions to be asked and answered during the space planning stage of design relate to the adjacency of the required spaces and their inter-relationships.
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	The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>		The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>
	[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram}}Interrelation Diagram\|alt=]]		[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram}}Interrelation Diagram\|alt=\|none]]
	From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in the [[Clinical diagnostic laboratories#Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.		From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in the [[Clinical diagnostic laboratories#Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.

	The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:		The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:

	1. Clinical Pathology, which may include:		# Clinical Pathology, which may include:
			## Hematology
	~~· Haematology~~		## Chemistry
			## Microbiology
	~~· Chemistry~~		## Immunology
			# Anatomical pathology, which may include:
	~~· Microbiology~~		## Histology
			## Cytology
	~~· Immunology~~

	2. Anatomical pathology, which may include:

	· Histology

	~~· Cytology~~

	When planning the location of a laboratory within the hospital, the following factors should be considered and addressed:		When planning the location of a laboratory within the hospital, the following factors should be considered and addressed:

	~~· The~~ '''location''' should not be utilised as an escape route by patients or staff from other hospital department wards.		* The '''location''' should not be utilised as an escape route by patients or staff from other hospital department wards.
			* Laboratories should be located such that they cannot be used as '''thoroughfares''' for hospital staff or the general public.
	~~· Laboratories~~ should be located such that they cannot be used as '''thoroughfares''' for hospital staff or the general public.		* Laboratories are considered to be '''sources of infection and fire hazard''' areas and therefore should not be located in areas frequented by the public.
			* Laboratories should not form part of general '''emergency egress routes'''. However, emergency egress routes should be planned from laboratories without compromising contaminations control and security requirements.
	~~· Laboratories~~ are considered to be '''sources of infection and fire hazard''' areas and therefore should not be located in areas frequented by the public.		* Facilities should be designed to comply with the National Building Regulations as amended.<br />

	~~· Laboratories~~ should not form part of general '''emergency egress routes'''. However, emergency egress routes should be planned from laboratories without compromising contaminations control and security requirements.

	~~· Facilities~~ should be designed to comply with the National Building Regulations as amended.
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	==Facility sizing==		==Facility sizing==
	The following matrix offers guideline space planning for concept development benchmarking and high level costing of laboratory facilities.		The following matrix offers guideline space planning for concept development benchmarking and high level costing of laboratory facilities.
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Tobyvan at 11:19, 25 June 2020

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	The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>		The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>
	[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram}}Interrelation Diagram\|alt=]]		[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram}}Interrelation Diagram\|alt=]]
	From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in the [[Clinical diagnostic laboratories#Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram~~\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]][[The HILLSIDE~~\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.		From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in the [[Clinical diagnostic laboratories#Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.

	The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:		The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:

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Planning and Design

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	==Planning and Design==		==Planning and Design==
	This section provides design guidance for laboratory location, location of staff and pre-analytical areas, sizing and location of laboratory furniture, sizing and location of storage areas, and designing current laboratories for future		This section provides design guidance for laboratory location, location of staff and pre-analytical areas, sizing and location of laboratory furniture, sizing and location of storage areas, and designing current laboratories for future needs.
	The laboratory design objective is primarily to develop environments in which laboratory activities can be conducted without compromise to laboratory processes, patient dignity and occupational health and safety.		The laboratory design objective is primarily to develop environments in which laboratory activities can be conducted without compromise to laboratory processes, patient dignity and occupational health and safety.
	~~needs.~~		<br />

	===Spatial Planning===		===Spatial Planning===
	This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.		This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.
	[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram {{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}]]		[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram {{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}]]


	The questions to be asked and answered during the space planning stage of design relate to the adjacency of the required spaces and their inter-relationships.		The questions to be asked and answered during the space planning stage of design relate to the adjacency of the required spaces and their inter-relationships.
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	The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>		The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>
	[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|Interrelation Diagram]]		[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram}}Interrelation Diagram\|alt=]]
	From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in [[#~~Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram~~\|Lab ~~Space Adjacency~~ Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.		From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in the [[Clinical diagnostic laboratories#Lab_Interrelationship_Diagram\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]][[The HILLSIDE\|Lab Interrelationship Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.

	The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:		The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:

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Planning and Design

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	==Planning and Design==		==Planning and Design==
	This section provides design guidance for laboratory location, location of staff and pre-analytical areas, sizing and location of laboratory furniture, sizing and location of storage areas, and designing current laboratories for future		This section provides design guidance for laboratory location, location of staff and pre-analytical areas, sizing and location of laboratory furniture, sizing and location of storage areas, and designing current laboratories for future
	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~		The laboratory design objective is primarily to develop environments in which laboratory activities can be conducted without compromise to laboratory processes, patient dignity and occupational health and safety.
	\|The laboratory design objective is primarily to develop environments in which laboratory activities can be conducted without compromise to laboratory processes, patient dignity and occupational health and safety.
	\|}
	needs.		needs.

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Spatial Planning

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	===Spatial Planning===		===Spatial Planning===
	This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.		This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.
	[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}~~\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram\|alt=~~]]		[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram {{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}]]


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	The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>		The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>
	[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|~~Space Adjacency~~ Diagram]]		[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|Interrelation Diagram]]
	From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in [[#Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram\|Lab Space Adjacency Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.		From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in [[#Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram\|Lab Space Adjacency Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.

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	===Spatial Planning===		===Spatial Planning===
	This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.		This guidance document is written within an environment of rapidly developing and expanding point-of-care diagnostic techniques and technologies. In this environment much of the laboratory procedures is moving out of the laboratory and to the patient’s bedside. The impact on the laboratory is an emerging requirement for additional storage space and for more open and flexible laboratories. For this reason the development and planning of any laboratory cannot be undertaken without an informed understanding of the techniques and technologies that will be employed in that laboratory. Where this guidance document refers to separate clinical activities, it should be assumed that these functions, unless otherwise specified or due to or technical restrictions, may be conducted within one open plan area at the discretion of the service provider.
	[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|~~thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram~~ {{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}\|alt=]]		[[File:Lab Adjacency Diagram.png\|{{Anchor\|Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram}}\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram\|alt=]]


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	The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>		The space adjacency matrix presented is adapted from Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations <ref>InformeDesign. (2005). ''Implications: Change in Clinical Labs in Hospitals''</ref>
	[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram]]		[[File:Interrelation Diagram.png\|thumb\|Space Adjacency Diagram]]
	From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in [[#Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.		From the adjacency matrix, a space planning inter-relational diagram such as one depicted in [[#Lab_Space_Adjacency_Diagram\|Lab Space Adjacency Diagram]]'''.''' is developed. This diagram subsequently informs the development of the facility layouts. The example given indicated the flow of samples in the facility. Similarly the flow of staff and patients should also be described on such a diagram. This planning step is useful to ensure the relationships between processes and spaces are well understood and accommodated in this highly technical and variable environment. Waste storage and treatment areas are not shown in the example given.

	The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities:		The basic laboratory facility within a hospital or healthcare facility may accommodate one or more of the following clinical diagnostic activities: