See for examples of risk breakdown at hospital sites 1 Group 2 3 Group 4 Low Risk Medium Risk Medium - High Risk Highest Risk Non-patient/low risk Admission and Bronchoscopy Anaesthetic and areas not listed discharge Pump Rooms Delivery Rooms elsewhere Cafeteria public and Angiography rooms Dialysis – Office areas staff Cardiac Echocardiography Dietary beverage Catheterisation Units – Emergency bays Chemotherapy Department Laboratories not Food Services Endoscopy – specified under facility wide food High Dependency Group 3 preparation Unit Laundry Haematology Unit – Long-stay subacute Materials inpatient and management outpatient Medical imaging: Patient care and Intensive Care General other areas not listed Oncology Unit – MRI under Groups 3 or 4 inpatient and CT Physiotherapy, outpatient Occupational Ultrasound Operating Theatres Therapy, Speech Medical Units Outpatient invasive Pathology procedure rooms, Microbiology labs Public corridors used including imaging Newborn nurseries by patients and to guided biopsies Paediatrics transport linen & Pharmacy supplies Pharmacy admixture/clean Recovery Rooms rooms (PACU) Radiation Therapy Renal Units Unit Surgical Units Sterile Supply Units Virology labs Transplant Table 4: Construction Activity and Risk Group Matrix Construction Activity Type A Type B Type C Type D Low risk 1 I II II III /IV Medium risk Group 2 I II III IV Group Medium-High risk Group 3 I III III / IV IV Risk Highest risk Group 4 III III / IV III / IV IV
See for examples of risk breakdown at hospital sites 1 Low Risk Group 2 Medium Risk 3 Medium - High Risk Group 4 Highest Risk Non-patient/low risk areas not listed elsewhere Office areas Admission and discharge Cafeteria – public and staff Dietary – beverage bays Laboratories not specified under Group 3 Laundry Materials management Patient care and other areas not listed under Groups 3 or 4 Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology Public corridors used by patients and to transport linen & supplies Bronchoscopy Delivery Rooms Dialysis Echocardiography Emergency Department Endoscopy High Dependency Unit Long-stay subacute Medical imaging: General MRI CT Ultrasound Medical Units Microbiology labs Newborn nurseries Paediatrics Pharmacy Recovery Rooms (PACU) Renal Units Surgical Units Virology labs Anaesthetic and Pump Rooms Angiography rooms Cardiac Catheterisation Units Chemotherapy Food Services – facility wide food preparation Haematology Unit – inpatient and outpatient Intensive Care Oncology Unit – inpatient and outpatient Operating Theatres Outpatient invasive procedure rooms, including imaging guided biopsies Pharmacy admixture/clean rooms Radiation Therapy Unit Sterile Supply Units Transplant Table 4: Construction Activity and Risk Group Matrix Construction Activity Type A Type B Type C Type D Risk Group Low risk 1 I II II III /IV Medium risk Group 2 I II III IV Medium-High risk Group 3 I III III / IV IV Highest risk Group 4 III III / IV III / IV IV
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