Technical guidelines

Our technical guidelines provide information to assist health services, consultants and contractors to effectively manage the risk and performance of Victoria’s public health facilities.

The following technical guidelines are available from the documents section at the bottom of the page:

Asset management

• Property management and governance guidelines (Word)

Engineering

Engineering guidelines for healthcare facilities:

• Volume 1 – Fundamentals (HTG-2020-001)
• Volume 2 – Electrical and lighting (HTG-2020-002)
• Volume 3 – Data, comms and security (HTG-2020-003)
• Volume 4 – Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HTG-2020-004)
• Volume 5 – Fire and hydraulics (HTG-2020-005)
• Volume 6 – Specialist healthcare engineering and provisions (HTG-2020-006)
• Reference tables 1 and 2
• Reference table 3

Health technical advice

• Health service HVAC COVID-19 readiness assessment (HTA-2021-002)
• Aerosol study within healthcare environments (HTA-2021-001)
• Increasing bed capacity for COVID-19 patients (HTA-2020-003)
• Infrastructure activities during the coronavirus pandemic (HTA-2020-002)
• Isolation rooms (HTA-2020-004)
• HVAC system strategies to airborne infectious outbreaks (HTA-2020-001)
• Response to humidity control events in sterile areas (HTA-2019-001)
• Selection of revolving doors for health care facilities (HTA-2020-006)

Property

• Guidelines for helicopter medical transport landing sites
• Property management and governance guidelines

Hospital heliport flight path protection - Technical helipad flight path reports

Metropolitan helipads:

• Alfred Hospital (PDF)
• Frankston Hospital (PDF)
• Monash Medical Centre Clayton (PDF)
• Royal Children’s Hospital 
• Royal Melbourne Hospital (PDF)

Regional helipads:

• Ararat Hospital (PDF)
• Bacchus Marsh Hospital (PDF)
• Bairnsdale Hospital (PDF)
• Bendigo Hospital (PDF)
• Charlton Hospital (PDF)
• Cohuna Hospital (PDF)
• Donald Hospital (PDF)
• Heathcote Hospital (PDF)
• Kerang Hospital (PDF)
• Kyneton Hospital (PDF)
• St Arnaud Hospital (PDF)
• Stawell Hospital (PDF)
• Warragul Hospital 
• Wycheproof Hospital (PDF)

Sustainability

• Guidelines for sustainability in capital works
• Building sealing (HTA-2024-001)
• Recycled materials in healthcare design and construction (HTA-2024-002)
• Biophilic design for healthcare facilities (HTA-2024-003)
• Embedding sustainability in health facility carparks (HTA-2024-004)
• Solar array maintenance checklist (Word)
• Solar array self-assessment checklist (Word)
• Reporting solar photovoltaic data