Nash General Hospital’s 1,064 square feet imaging suite features an imaging room, an exam room, two private patient waiting rooms, and administrative office for the hospital’s radiology department. Additionally, the control room was designed around Nash’s specific computer system and to accommodate additional support equipment if needed.
MedBuild used steel and concrete modular construction method, as the building had to be non-combustible and a concrete floor was necessary to support the 6,500 pound PET/CT equipment. Designed with lead-lined walls, door and viewing glass, the imaging room contains any radiation omitted during usage. Tailored for operational efficiency and safety, from the best location of the sink, to the lead-lined walls, doors, and viewing windows required to retain radiation, the suite also features specialized HVAC systems designed to meet the hospital’s strict air-change requirements, which have to re-cycle the air six times an hour.
MedBuild craned the building onto the site, which minimized site disruption and reduced site clean-up costs. The diagnostic imaging suite comprises of two modular components seamlessly integrated into the existing hospital using the same interior colors and materials. The exterior was finished in brick, and a glass corridor was built to connect the suite to the hospital.
With MedBuild’s pre-configured designs, Nash Hospital was able to eliminate the extra planning and design time, delays, and expense that is typically associated with designing a modular imaging suite around the device. MedBuild offers full architectural drawing and design packages covering 96 equipment models for the industry’s leading OEMs, enabling imaging suites to be designed around the equipment.
