How To Navigate the FGI Guidelines - WildApricot

How To Navigate the

FGI Guidelines

AARON JEFFERS Greenville, SC ajeffers@

SAMUEL WALKER Charlotte, NC sam.walker@

Agenda

About the FGI How to use the guidelines Patient rooms Design exercise

Created in

1998

Review + revision by federal, state, and private

experts

Mission

Establish guidelines advised by research to advance quality of care

Proceeds fund Research and revisions

ABOUT THE FACILITY GUIDELINES INSTITUTE

To stimulate research in

Evidence Based Design

Vision

Leader in guiding the development of healthcare built environment

Why FGI?

Before FGI, individual states had their own healthcare building codes.

They have realized that they can't keep up at the same pace that FGI can.

MORE COMPREHENSIVE

MORE FOCUSED

MORE SPECIALIZED

FGI REVISIONS

2001

2006

2010

Enacted by NC February 5, 2018

2014

2018

2008 ANSI / ASHE / ASHRAE

Standard 170

2018 REVISION CYCLE

Three Part Review

Incorporating Appendix/Supporting text Cost/Benefit analysis Evidence assessment

Rational understanding/experience Clinical practice, policy, or guidelines

Direct evidence Indirect evidence

REVISION COMMITTEE COMPOSITION

Architects (20%) Medical Professionals (18%) State AHJ (16%) Engineers (13%) HC Administrators (10%) Federal AHJ's (8%) Inf. Control Experts (4%) Construction (4%)

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