Replace Existing Utility Systems
Replace existing chiller system (which creates cold air and water for the
hospital's cooling system): existing medical vacuum and air (which provides
compressed air and suction air for bedside medical equipment); existing fire alarm
system; and existing cooling tower.
Cath Lab #1 Equipment Upgrade (SS960591-01)
Replace existing lighting in Cath Lab #2 with improved clinical lighting system.
The project also includes upgrading electrical service and seismic bracing of
equipment.
Replace Fuel Oil Tanks (pending)
Install emergency water tanks, and replace existing fuel tanks (per federal
environmental regulations) with new tanks installed within a vault to protect
against leaks or ruptures.
Burn Unit Soiled Utility Room (SS952088-01)
Install data closet and create utility room in existing Burn Unit for dirty laundry,
trash, and used equipment.
Pharmacy Automated Dispensing (pending)
Install an automated drug dispensing system in the existing pharmacy, which includes
modification of cabinetry and a door for courier service, upgrading electrical,
and seismic bracing of equipment.
Labor and Delivery Ceiling Upgrade (SS970303-01)
Complete replacement of existing corridor ceilings in labor and delivery with
non-asbestos ceiling tiles, new bracing ceiling grid, upgraded lighting, and
upgraded air registers.
Filter installation 4NE (SS970321-01)
Installation of special air filters to upgrade air quality in bone marrow transplant
patient area of oncology unit permitting higher air changes per hour. Four rooms
will have special, high quality filtered air for safety of immune-suppressed
patients.
Surgery Supply Shelving
Replace shelving in the sterile core to improve organization of surgery supplies.
Electroencephalograph (EEG) Relocation to Sixth Floor (pending)
Relocate existing EEG testing rooms to nursing unit on 6 Northwest where demand
for the service is greater. This places the microbiology portion of the lab
in the vacated 400 square-foot area now occupied by EEG testing rooms.
Data Equipment Room Project (SS961162-01)
Create a centralized data information system equipment room by relocating existing
storage to a protion of an existing unnecessary stairway on the second floor.
completion of data closets for computer routing systems.
Lab Upgrade and Remodel (pending)
This project is in existing space and will correct fire code and other deficiencies
cited by regulatory agencies. The project impacts the blood bannk, microbiology,
processing and phlebotomy labs.
Upgrade air flow in 1968 Building (SS970359-01)
This project upgrades exhaust fan #8, duct work, and rebalances air flow in
1968 building.
Kitchen Cold Storage Project (pending)
This project converts existing kitchen dry storage to cold storage.
Vascular Lab and Physical Therapy Space Swap (SS970093-01 and SS961197-01)
This project exchanges existing space occupied by the vascular lab with existing
space occupied by the physical therapy department.
Tuberculosis Isolation Rooms (pending)
This phased project replaces nursing stations in existing nursing units on 6 Center,
4 West, 6 North, and in the existing emergenncy department with ergonomically correct
work stations able to utilize new technology. Old, built-in cabinetry will be
replaced with modern, modular stations.
Remodel Nursing Unit "Cores" (pending)
On a phased schedule, remodel the center areas of all existing nursing units
(i.e., "cores") to create computerized nursing substations, to correct ergonomic
problems, and to improve efficiency.
Instrument Room Remodel (pending)
Reorganize instrument storage in existing surgery storage rooms. Three existing
rooms will be combined into one larger room and a new storage shelving system will
be installed.
Eye Laser Room Relocation (pending)
Exchange existing eye laser room with an existing office located closer to the
patient preparation area. This will permit patient patients who receive eye drops
that distort their vision to walk less destance to the surgery area.
Radiology Equipment Replacesment (pending)
Replace 15-year-old equipment in existing radiology room #1752 with new, more
efficient equipment that will emit less radiation.
Pharmacy Satellite Relocation (pending)
Exchange existing space used as sixth floor nursing office with existing sixth
floor pharmacy satelite. This will correct ergonomic problems in the pharmacy
satellite and place the nursing office closer to the nursing unit.
*Note: This list includes life safety projects, seismic upgrades, repairs, replacement, maintenance, and utility projects as of April 15, 1997. State, federal and other regulatory authorities, as well as publice health and natural disasters may mandate other like projects that cannot be predicted at this time.
Last update: May 11, 1997.