Health building note 04-01: adult in-patient facilities

Document first published:: 1 December 2009
Page updated:: 14 January 2025
Topic:: Estates
Publication type:: Guidance

This health building note provides best practice guidance on the planning and design of in-patient facilities for adults.

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Health building note 04-01: adult in-patient facilities

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Summary

Guidance on planning and designing in-patient facilities for adults, which includes:

bedrooms and bathrooms
patient support areas
storage areas
utility areas
staff and administration areas

Supplement 1 describes how to provide separate bedrooms and bathrooms to isolate infectious patients.

Published 1 December 2009.

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Health building note 04-01 supplement 1: special ventilated isolation facilities for patients in acute settings

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63 pages

Summary

Guidance for acute settings on the design of special ventilated isolation facilities in which the movement of air within the isolation facility will control the ingress and/or egress of airborne harmful pathogens and contaminants.

Published 1 December 2009 and updated July 2024.