Electrical Receptacles in a Pyschiatric Hospital Patient Room

[Shujinko]

I have a project with patient rooms in a Pyschiatric Hospital. What are the requirements for receptales in these types of rooms besides having to be tamper resistent? Do manufacturers make anti-ligature type receptacles? And if so, can you point me to these manufacturers and receptacle types (websites)? I don't have much experience with these types of installations/projects. So any advice is much appreciated.

 

[roger]

Do you even need to provide receptacles in these spaces? In a number of the psychiatry jobs I have been involved with the switches and light fixtures had tamper proof screws, the AC registers were made to where people couldn't use them as grates, and there were no receptacles in the rooms.

 

[Shujinko]

Do you even need to provide receptacles in these spaces? In a number of the psychiatry jobs I have been involved with the switches and light fixtures had tamper proof screws, the AC registers were made to where people couldn't use them as grates, and there were no receptacles in the rooms.

Seems like the client wants to have at least one receptacle in each patient room. In your project did the light switches have a lockable cover or just tamper resistant screws?

 

[roger]

They were key switches with snake eye screws

 

[garbo]

I have a project with patient rooms in a Pyschiatric Hospital. What are the requirements for receptales in these types of rooms besides having to be tamper resistent? Do manufacturers make anti-ligature type receptacles? And if so, can you point me to these manufacturers and receptacle types (websites)? I don't have much experience with these types of installations/projects. So any advice is much appreciated.

At the large hospital that I retired from they built a special 10 bed section for patient with severe mental problems They used standard tamper resistant Hospital grade receptacles but every screw on every cover including paper towels dispenser had tamper resistant screws. How sloped shower heads to prevent patient from hanging themselves, some tuff window glass that was very difficult to break. Rooms had solid ceilings instead of drop ceilings. All receptacles were on AFCI combination circuit breakers. Cost several Millon dollars that including cameras and a guard post.

 

[Joethemechanic]

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