S. No

Hospital environment

Lighting specification

Illuminance( lux)

Color rendition(Ra)

1

Reception

Waiting rooms/day rooms

Relaxing

200

80

2

Corridors

Day

Night

Transportation areas

200

50

80

80

3

Offices (clinical)

General

Examination

Multipurpose use

300

1000

80

90

4

Examination rooms

General

Examination

Visual inspections

500

1000

90

90

5

Patient rooms & wards

General

Reading

Simple examination

Examinations/treatment

Night/observation

Bathroom and toilets

Multi task

100

300

300

1000

5

200

80

80

80

90

80

80