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SECTION 5.0 – ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS, MATERIALS AND FINISHES SECTION 5.0 – ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS, MATERIALS AND FINISHES

5.8.14 Certain areas such as Dispensing Counter Area, Kitchen, Medical Store, or 5.8.24 2 mm lead equivalent/ Pb equivalent doors shall be provided for X-ray
other areas where required shall be provided with approved durable rooms with equipment rated at 150 kV and radiotherapy rooms or other
motorised non-corrosive roller shutters with opening devices. Where areas as specified (approval by Bahagian Kawalselia Radiasi Perubatan,
ventilation or visual surveillance is needed, perforated roller shutters shall MOH). All lead-lined doors shall be provided with door frame lined with a
be used. All roller shutters shall have a side door. single lead sheet and door handle on both sides.

5.8.15 All fire-rated doors and frames shall be constructed with the relevant FRP 5.8.25 12 mm thick tempered and frameless fully glazed doors shall be provided
following MS 1073 and Ninth Schedule of the UBBL. They shall be tested for all main entrances to various departments and wards, with 200 mm x
by a laboratory, approved and certified by DGFS, and have obtained a 200 mm I-section mild steel proscenium to be painted, comes with a
Product Certification Scheme from an accredited certification body. suitable handle, and shall be approved by the PD.

5.8.16 All fire-rated doors and frames must be obtained from a manufacturer- 5.8.26 All doors must open fully and have an open-hold function at clinical areas
approved by the inspectorate of the fire department and installed strictly and heavy traffic movement routes.
following the manufacturer’s specification.
5.8.27 Airtight doors shall be provided at pressure-controlled rooms where
5.8.17 Fire-rated doors at locations where hold-open door closers are not allowed hygiene and the control of air leakage is critical. All airtight doors shall be
by fire regulations shall be provided with magnetic hold-open devices (i.e., able to maintain the pressure differential between the inside and outside
public and patients’ corridors). area, preventing the exchange of the external and internal air code for a
sterile environment (i.e., the operating theatres, surgical areas, disinfecting
5.8.18 All compartmentalised areas where fire doors are required shall be rooms, clean rooms, etc.) The door shall be of compliant and fully certified
provided with magnetic hold-open devices. A flush or glazed door shall also for healthcare facilities.
be provided as the second or entrance door.

5.8.19 All doors that are installed on the ground floor, basement, split level floor, 5.9 TOILETS AND WET AREAS
and any other locations easily accessible from outside shall be provided
with security grilles. Suppose the residential block design is susceptible to 5.9.1 All public toilets with two or more water closets shall have an
a security breach; in that case, security grilles shall be provided for all main anteroom/airlock before entering the toilet to avoid the unwanted smell and
entrance doors of the hostel and every residential quarter's unit on all floors. hygienic reasons. Doors with louvers are not allowed at any toilet entrance
Security grilles shall be designed integrated with the door frame and in and airlocks.
compliance with the fire requirements.
5.9.2 Design, dimension, requirements, and specifications of all toilets, including
5.8.20 Semi or fully glazed sliding automatic doors with electronically-controlled if PwD toilets, shower rooms, or bathrooms, shall comply with the MS 1184:
specified shall be with manual override and shall be provided with side Universal Design and Accessibility in Built Environment – Code of Practice.
doors for all main entrances. All semi or fully glazed sliding doors, whether
automatic or not, shall have adequate space for the doors to slide open 5.9.3 Toilets for the disabled shall be located at strategic, accessible, and non-
unobstructed and safely. isolated areas.

5.8.21 The switches for semi or fully glazed sliding doors shall be placed at easy 5.9.4 The width of toilet cubicles shall not be less than 1200 mm clear width.
access without any obstruction when the doors slide open.
5.9.5 Toilets shall have a maximum number of windows for good ventilation and
5.8.22 Installation of the airtight system such as revolving or double-layer doors daylight and conform to UBBL or other equivalent Act of the Government’s
shall be considered, especially in the high traffic areas. Authority.

5.8.23 All semi or fully glazed doors shall be disabled-friendly and marked 5.9.6 Toilets shall be designed with water savings flush valve system. The valve
prominently with safety indicators (i.e., design, colours, stripe, etc.) at the shall be concealed and can be easily accessed and maintained.
level between 800 mm to 1500 mm, measured from the finished floor level.

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