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:

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

• Responding to flooding events - best practices (HTA-2024-001)
• Responding to flooding events - restoration for healthcare facilities (HTA-2024-002)
• Aerosol study within healthcare environments (HTA-2021-001)
• 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)

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