The support backbone — loading dock and receiving, clean/soiled material and waste flow, and the sterile processing and utilities that keep the hospital running. These Articles cover logistics layout and vertical/horizontal separation, infection-control and waste safety, sterilizer validation and first-fill, and the utilities commissioning and integrated testing behind go-live.
Infection Control, Waste Safety & Business-Continuity Readiness
Operational Readiness, Supply-Chain & SPD Workflow
Sterilizer Validation, First-Fill & Logistics Go-Live
Utilities Commissioning & Support-Systems Integrated Testing
Clean/Soiled Separation & Vertical/Horizontal Logistics
Loading Dock, Receiving & Material/Waste Flow
Support-Services Program & Back-of-House Sizing
Central Sterile Processing (SPD): Decon, Prep & Sterilization
Central Supply, Materials Management & Inventory Automation
Environmental Services, Waste, Soiled-Utility & Linen
Food & Nutrition Services and Kitchen Design
Central Plant: Boilers, Chillers, Medical Gas & Emergency Power
FGI / AAMI ST79 / NFPA 99 Support-Services Standards
Material-Handling Systems: AGVs, Pneumatic Tube & Trash/Linen Chutes