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Interpretations For Standard 170-2013

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pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-1 – May 16, 2014 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 6 and Table 6.7.2, regarding “Operating room, procedures rooms (all class A, B, and C surgeries)” requirements for primary supply diffusers and additional supply diffusers.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-2 – July 1, 2014 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.1.a.2, regarding providing for comfort.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-3 – January 27, 2015 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 1, regarding environmental control for comfort, asepsis, and odor.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-4 – January 27, 2015 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Table 7.1, regarding pressure relationship to adjacent areas for Central Medical and Surgical Supply spaces.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-5 – January 27, 2015 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7 and Table 7.1, regarding 2 ACH minimum outdoor air.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-6 – June 30, 2015 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.1.a.6.ii, regarding use of the multiple space calculation method.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-7 – June 30, 2015 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Table 7.1, regarding design temperature range.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-8 – January 26, 2016 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.4.1, regarding the location of return and exhaust grilles in Class B and C operating rooms.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-9 – January 26, 2016 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.2.1, regarding the location of differential pressure monitors in airborne infection isolation (AII) rooms.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-10 – May 6, 2016 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 6.4 and Table 6.4, regarding the filter minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV) and position for air handlers serving more than one space designation type.)

pdf_icon.png  Interpretation 170-2013-11 – January 31, 2016 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Table 7.1, regarding temperature requirements in the Sterile Processing Department (Addendum h to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013).)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-12 – January 31, 2016 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Addendum m, Section 6.6, regarding humidifiers.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-13 – June 27, 2017 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.2.3 and Table 7.1 Note t, regarding room pressurization.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-14 – June 27, 2017 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.1 and Table 7.1, regarding system minimum outdoor air calculation.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-15 – June 26, 2018 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7 and Table 7.1, regarding air change rate calculations.)

pdf_icon.png  Interpretation 170-2013-16 – June 25, 2019 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.1 and Table 7.1, regarding Nursing Facilities Resident Rooms.)

pdf_icon.png  Interpretation 170-2013-17 – June 25, 2019 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 6.4 and Table 6.4, regarding filter requirements for space designations.)

pdf_icon.png  Interpretation 170-2013-18 – June 25, 2019 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 7.1a and Table 7.1, regarding clean workroom classifications.)

pdf_icon.png Interpretation 170-2013-19 – March 11, 2020 (Refers to the requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Section 6.3.1.1, regarding OA intake distance from exhaust discharge.)

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