scope:

General

This Standard provides requirements for the commissioning of health care facilities and all related building systems. It applies to new facilities, and renovations and additions to existing facilities.

This Standard is based on CSA Z320, Building commissioning, with additions as appropriate to address the special requirements for health care facility commissioning.

This Standard is intended to assist the commissioning team in the preparation and implementation of a commissioning plan. This plan specifies commissioning requirements for newly installed or renovated building systems and includes, but is not limited to, descriptions of the following:

a) the commissioning process;

b) the resources required to complete commissioning;

c) the responsibilities of the commissioning team; and

d) the sequence and integration of commissioning activities.

This Standard applies to building services that support medical equipment and systems, but does not apply to the operational commissioning of the equipment or systems, whether installed by the owner or by others.

Note: Although the commissioning activities under this Standard do not include the commissioning of medical equipment and systems (e.g., sterilizers and MRI machines) the facility commissioning process is likely to include steps to ensure that contracts with external companies for equipment commissioning are being followed.

The Standard does not include clinical commissioning.

Note: Clinical commissioning refers to the activities undertaken to determine the readiness of staff, procedures, and other non-infrastructure elements of the clinical program prior to commencement of patient care. This is generally done in-house as part of the program team requirements.