This Standard sets out lighting recommendations for a variety of tasks carried out within hospitals and medical premises, particularly tasks associated with clinical observation, treatment and care. The recommendations also apply to related tasks, such as the visual examination of biological solutions and pathology specimens, in medical laboratories.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
1.4 Definitions
2 General requirements of good interior lighting
2.1 Overview
2.2 Fundamental considerations
3 Task visibility
3.1 Overview
3.2 General considerations for medical tasks
3.3 Uniformity of illuminance in bedded areas
4 Directional effects of lighting
4.1 Overview
4.2 Direction of lighting
5 Unwanted reflections
5.1 Overview
5.2 Effect of reflecting surfaces
5.3 Screen-based tasks
6 Surfaces
6.1 Overview
6.2 Surface colours for clinical observation areas
6.3 Reflectances of surfaces in operating rooms
6.4 Nature of surface finishes
7 Light source colour
7.1 Overview
7.2 The importance of colour discrimination
7.3 Cyanosis observation lighting
7.4 General dermatological examinations
7.5 Use of colour-based diagnostic tests
8 Glare and related effects
8.1 Overview
8.2 Application of glare control systems
8.3 Luminance of surfaces in visual field of patients
