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Building Guidelines for Queensland Mental Health Facilities

Section 1 - Background - File Size: 146k

Section 2 - General Principles - File Size: 647k

1. General Design Issues
2. Siting and Site Selection
3. Site Layout
4. On-site Parking
5. Landscape Treatments
6. Fences and Walls
7. Building Appearance
8. Security and Privacy
9. Climate
10. Energy Efficiency
11. Interior Design
12. Interior Elements
13. Interior Environments
14. Interior Fixtures and Fitments
15. Signage and Art
Glossary
Bibliography

Section 3 - Functional Diagrams

1. Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit (24 Bed) - File Size: 129k
2. Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit for Children (16 Bed) - File Size: 131k
3. Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit for Youth (10 Bed) - File Size: 140k
4. Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit (Non-Hospital Based) (10 Bed) - File Size: 126k
5. Acute Psychogeriatric Admission and Assessment Unit (8 Bed) - File Size: 133k
6. Special Care Suites (3 Bed) - File Size: 122k
7. Extended Treatment and Rehabilitation Inpatient Unit (24 Bed) - File Size: 134k
8. Extended Inpatient Acquired Brain Damage Unit (16 Bed) - File Size: 134k
9. Extended Treatment Psychogeriatric Inpatient Unit (24 Bed) - File Size: 137k
10. Extended Inpatient High Security Unit (24 Bed) - File Size: 139k
11. Extended Inpatient High Security Unit (10 Bed) - File Size: 130k
12. Extended Inpatient Secure Unit (24 Bed) - File Size: 138k
13. Extended Inpatient Dual Diagnosis Unit (24 Bed) - File Size: 134k
14. Extended Treatment and Rehabilitation Inpatient Unit (Non-Hospital based) (20 Bed) - File Size: 130k
15. Adult Community Mental Health Unit (Stand Alone) - File Size: 122k
16. Children or Youth Community Mental Health Unit (Co-located with General Community Health Unit) - File Size: 125k
17. Adult Community Mental Health Unit (Co-located with General Community Health Unit) - File Size: 123k
18. Children and Youth Day-Treatment Unit - File Size: 123k

Section 4 - Room Data Sheets

1 Admissions - File Size: 256k
- 1.1 Admissions Office
- 1.2 Interview Room
- 1.3 Examination Room
- 1.4 Entrance
- 1.5 Reception
- 1.6 Waiting
- 1.7 Visitors Toilet
- 1.8 Ambulance Entrance
2. Consulting/Allied Health - File Size: 217k
- 2.1 Director’s Office
- 2.2 Consulting Psychiatrist
- 2.3 Registrar’s Office
- 2.4 Undergraduates Office
- 2.5 Psychologist
- 2.6 Occupational Therapist
- 2.7 Social worker
- 2.8 Administrative Staff
- 2.9 Consumer/NGO Meeting Room
3. Nursing/Clerical Staff - File Size: 95k
- 3.1 Nursing Manager
- 3.2 Nurses’ Office
4. Specialist Areas - File Size: 184k
- 4.1 Consulting Room
- 4.2 Group Room/Observation
- 4.3 Group/Interview Room
- 4.4 Conference Room
- 4.5 Equipment Store
- 4.6 Gymnasium
5. Consumer Areas - File Size: 575k
- 5.1 Single Bedroom
- 5.2 Double Bedroom
- 5.3 Special Purpose Bedroom
- 5.4 Bathrooms
- 5.5 Kitchen
- 5.6 Visitors Room
- 5.7 Main Lounge
- 5.8 Music Lounge/Night Lounge
- 5.9 Quiet Lounge
- 5.10 Activities Room
- 5.11 Dining Room
- 5.12 Laundry
- 5.13 Treatment Room
- 5.14 Consumer Toilet
6. Consumer Areas (high dependency) - File Size: 317k
- 6.1 Single Bedroom
- 6.2 Bathrooms
- 6.3 Visitors Room
- 6.4 Lounge/Dining Room
- 6.5 Seclusion Room
- 6.6 Nurses Station
- 6.7 Intensive Care Room
- 6.8 Assisted Bathroom
- 6.9 Ambulance Entrance
7. Staff Facilities - File Size: 218k
- 7.1 Nurses Station
- 7.2 Staff Lunch Room/Lounge
- 7.3 Staff Toilets/Change Room
- 7.4 Clean Utility Room
- 7.5 Dirty Utility Room
- 7.6 Medical Store
- 7.7 Search Room
- 7.8 Security Room
8. Hotel Services - File Size: 166k
- 8.1 Servery
- 8.2 Clean Linen Store
- 8.3 Soiled Linen Store
- 8.4 Store (Patients’ Effects)
- 8.5 Store (General)
- 8.6 Cleaners’ Room
- 8.7 Loading Dock

This page last updated: 4 February, 2003
Review date: August, 2003