Outpatient facilities have unique lighting needs, both for patients and healthcare professionals. This presentation will discuss various areas within outpatient clinics including urgent care, ambulatory surgery center, medical office buildings, and imaging centers, and review the lighting needs, design considerations and techniques, and current trends as they relate to both the patient and the caretaker.

Learning Objectives

• Identify trends in outpatient care facilities.
• Identify the functional objectives of the lighting and the lighting design associated with the spaces in outpatient care facilities.
• Correlate the types of rooms found in outpatient facilities and the recommended lighting practices and standards for those rooms.
• Classify and apply practical design considerations for lighting in outpatient facilities.