The Australasian Health Facility Guidelines: Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC)
Australasian Health Infrastructure Alliance
Country Resources
Mental Health Service Standards
Australia, New Zealand
16 December 2010
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http://www.healthfacilityguidelines.com.au/AusHFG_Documents/Guidelines/aushfg_b_133pecc(4)_191-202.pdf
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This Health Planning Unit has been developed as a resource to assist project teams in the planning, design and construction of a Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC). It should be read in conjunction with generic planning requirements and Standard Components described in Parts A, B, C & D of these Guidelines, the PEC Operational Model of CareGuideline (refer below) and the Health Facility Guideline for Acute Adult Mental Health Units. The latter provides some of the more detailed information on design.
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