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Ice machine for a hospital (patient floors / nursing units)

Updated 2026-09-26. Independent guide — not a dealer quote.

A hospital is patient-floor ice plus, sometimes, a staff cafeteria. A nursing-home, assisted-living, or long-term care census is a different published row — 6 lb per bed — not this page’s 10. Putting 50 staffed beds on a 38 lb crescent leftover, or copying the hotel 5 lb per occupied room guest-hopper onto every bed, is how the floor buys bags at 6 a.m. — or how an open kitchen bin sits in a hallway where patients fill cups.

This is a planning page from published application factors and current OEM sheets. It is not a dealer quote, not a review score, not medical advice, and not a health-code or infection-control opinion. Confirm electrical, plumbing, clearance, and sanitation with the people who inspect the building. Follow the facility’s ice-handling policy and the clean/sanitize interval on the machine sheet.

Who this is for

  • Community and mid-size hospitals sizing patient-floor ice from a published lb/bed factor, then a cafeteria line if one exists.
  • Nursing homes, assisted living, and long-term care when the published match is 6 lb per bed. That census is the nursing home guide. Do not copy this page’s 10 lb/bed row onto those beds.
  • Facilities / dietary deciding dispenser vs open bin on a patient-accessible floor, and when an undercounter at a nursing station is actually too small.

It is not a hotel guest-floor page. Corridor dispensers look similar; hospital 10 lb/bed math lives here. Nursing-home 6 lb/bed is the other guide. It is also not a school cafeteria lunch-rush page and not a gym trainer-pack page. Therapy flake that is actually athletic ice stays on the gym worksheet.

Published hospital / nursing-home / cafeteria factors

Foodservice charts do publish healthcare rows. They do not all print the same number, and they do not print one blended “healthcare lb.” Those are dealer / buyer-guide rules of thumb, not a manufacturer warranty, not a clinical standard, and not a lab measurement. We do not invent a VenueIce average in the middle.

Published line Factor What the source is talking about
GoFoodservice, hospital patient ice 10 lbs per bed Healthcare block on their buying-guide consumption table. Not the hotel 5 lb/room row on the same page. Last updated Sep 3, 2026 on the live article already cited by the school-cafeteria and gym guides.
GoFoodservice, nursing home patient ice 6 lbs per bed Same Healthcare block. A different row from hospital 10 lb. Do not average 10 and 6.
GoFoodservice, healthcare cafeteria 1 lb per person Same Healthcare block. Staff / visitor meal ice, not patient beds.
GoFoodservice, quick-reference hospital table 50 beds → 600 lb; 100 → 1,200 lb Their rooms/beds calculator. Copy on that section: all figures include a 20% buffer for peak demand. 50 × 10 × 1.2 = 600; 100 × 10 × 1.2 = 1,200.
GoFoodservice, quick-reference nursing-home table 50 beds → 360 lb; 100 → 720 lb Same buffered calculator on the 6 lb/bed row. 50 × 6 × 1.2 = 360; 100 × 6 × 1.2 = 720.
Tundra Restaurant Supply, healthcare patients 10 lbs. per bed Same buying-guide chart as lodging guest ice 5 lbs. per room. No separate nursing-home row on the page we opened.
Tundra Restaurant Supply, healthcare cafeteria 1 lb. per person Same Healthcare block as their 10 lb/bed patient row.
HVACDirect, healthcare 10 lbs. per bed Business-type table already cited on the office guide (restaurant 1.5–2, bar 3, hotel 5 lb/room, office 1 lb/employee, healthcare 10 lb/bed). No 6 lb nursing-home split on that table.
GoFoodservice, listed-capacity derate Actual output may be 10–15% lower in hot rooms Same page. Modular / undercounter “up to” numbers are ideal-condition ratings.
Tundra, growth buffer Add 10%–20% to peak capacity Their future-growth sentence. Not the same object as GoFoodservice’s already-buffered 600 / 1,200 cells.
The Kitchen Spot, hot room 15% or more less make Copy says a machine in a 90° kitchen with ~70° water. A soiled-utility alcove or dietary dish pit is that room.

The VenueIce sizing table has a hospital / healthcare row and a separate nursing home row. Use GoFoodservice / Tundra / HVACDirect 10 lb per bed for hospital patient ice. Use GoFoodservice 6 lb per bed only on their nursing-home row, worked on the nursing home guide. Use GoFoodservice / Tundra 1 lb per person only on the cafeteria line. Add GoFoodservice’s already-buffered 50-bed 600 lb / 100-bed 1,200 lb cells when you want that source’s 20% peak buffer — say so; do not also stack a second 20% on those cells. Do not invent a third “healthcare lb/bed.”

Separate lines — do not stack the same beds

Patient floors, a nursing-home census, and a staff cafeteria are not one stacked factor.

  • Hospital beds vs nursing-home beds. GoFoodservice prints 10 lb and 6 lb on the same Healthcare block. Tundra and HVACDirect print 10 lb and do not print 6. Pick the row that matches the license and the source. Do not add 10 + 6 on one bed, and do not average them into 8.
  • Staffed beds, not licensed beds you are not running. Work the staffed census on a peak day, the same way the hotel page works occupied rooms. We do not invent an occupancy percent for healthcare; count the beds that actually take ice.
  • Cafeteria is its own worksheet. GoFoodservice and Tundra both print 1 lb per person next to the bed rows. A 200-cover dietary line is 200 lb, not 200 × 10. Do not also multiply those diners by 10 lb/bed.
  • Hotel guest ice is a different building. Atlantic / Kitchen Spot 5 lb per occupied room stays on the hotel guide. A hospital family lounge that happens to use a Meridian-class dispenser still uses this page’s lb/bed math.
  • School / gym ice is not patient ice. School cafeteria 1–1.5 lb/student and gym 5–10 lb/athlete stay on those pages. A hospital PT gym that is actually trainer packs is the gym worksheet.

Cube, half-dice, crescent, nugget, and flake shape math lives on cube vs half-dice vs nugget vs flake. Dealer notes on soft ice for healthcare are labeled below as dealer recommendations, not medical advice.

Dispenser / contamination control on patient-accessible ice

If the public, patients, or unescorted visitors can reach the ice, published foodservice copy points at a dispenser, not an open bin and a scoop.

  • GoFoodservice, dispensers: “Anywhere an ice machine may be accessed by someone other than staff or employees, a dispenser is the best choice.” Their dispenser “best for” list names hotels, hospitals, self-service areas, public access points. Their modular-bin paragraph says reaching into an open storage bin creates contamination risks, which is why those bins sit in staff-only rooms. That is a buyer-guide sanitation design sentence, not a claim that a specific install “meets” an infection-control policy.
  • Hotel hallway parallel. The hotel page already covers guest-floor sealed hoppers (HID / DCM families, 7–40 lb) versus a cube head on a hotel dispenser (Manitowoc SPA 120 / 180 lb). Use that page for alcove height, hopper-vs-evening-fill arithmetic, and 115 V cord-and-plug vs a hardwired kitchen head. Keep hospital lbs/bed math here. HID and DCM families are sold into healthcare on the OEM pages; a hotel 5 lb/room night is still the wrong factor.
  • Open bin on a nursing unit. A modular head + bin is a staff plant — dietary, ice-bag fill, cafeteria dump. Do not treat a B-300SF corridor leftover as patient self-serve.
  • We do not write infection-control rules. NSF marks and manuals are on the sheets. Follow the facility policy and the manufacturer sanitation instructions. This is not a health-department letter and not a clinical protocol.

Dealer notes on flake / nugget (not medical advice)

Several reputable dealer guides recommend softer ice in healthcare. Those are application-copy sentences, not a swallow-safety determination and not a reason to ignore the facility’s clinical policy.

  • Tundra: flake “reduces choking hazards, making it ideal for healthcare and childcare applications” and is recommended for “hospital and daycare cafeterias” as well as displays. Dealer recommendation, not medical advice.
  • GoFoodservice: flake’s “best applications” line includes healthcare (packs and bends for injuries) plus fish/meat packing and food displays. Cubelet/nugget is their chewable fountain row, not a patient-care protocol.
  • HVACDirect: nugget is “ideal for … medical facilities”; flake “works best in food displays, seafood markets, and medical environments.” Same disclaimer.
  • Scotsman HID525 lives on Scotsman’s Healthcare / Ice-Water product path. That is OEM channel copy for a nugget ice-and-water dispenser. It is not a clinical endorsement.

Use nugget / cubelet when the facility wants chewable dispenser ice. Use flake when the job is packs / display, usually as a second cabinet. Use hard cube on the cafeteria drink line if that is what dietary scoops. Two ice forms → two systems is already Atlantic / Kitchen Spot language on the restaurant and catering pages. We are not telling a clinician which ice a patient may have.

Worked small community hospital (~50 staffed beds)

Same peak-day method as the sizing page: count the load, pick a published factor, add the reserve the source uses. Patient ice only, then cafeteria as its own row. Not a nursing-home 6 lb census.

50 staffed beds.

Hospital patient-ice starting points (do not stack these on each other):

  • GoFoodservice / Tundra / HVACDirect 10 lb per bed: 50 × 10 = 500 lb
  • GoFoodservice quick table (10 lb already +20%): their 50 beds hospital cell is 600 lb
  • Tundra growth 10–20% on the 500 lb line if you are using their buffer, not GoFoodservice’s printed cell: 550–600 lb
  • GoFoodservice nursing-home 6 lb if you wrongly copy that row onto a hospital: 50 × 6 = 300 lb; their buffered cell is 360 lb — that is their nursing-home line

The 500–600 lb hospital band is past every undercounter bin in this directory (largest built-in is 90 lb on the NEO 140/190 sheet). It is also past the 90/70 columns we have on those cabinets (UYF-0190A 140 lb; ICEU150HA 130 lb). That is a floor dispenser and/or a modular head + bin job for patient ice — not a KM-81BAK 38 lb leftover at the nursing station.

Add the cafeteria as its own row. Do not fold it into 10 lb/bed:

  • GoFoodservice / Tundra healthcare cafeteria 1 lb per person on, say, 120 peak-meal people: 120 × 1 = 120 lb
  • Kitchen Spot restaurant +20% is not printed on these healthcare charts; GoFoodservice’s 20% language sits on their bed calculator, not on a printed cafeteria cell. If you want a 20% cafeteria reserve, say you applied it: 144 lb. Do not also multiply those 120 diners by 10.

500 lb patient + 120 lb cafeteria is two plants (or two lines on one dietary sheet), not a 620 lb “hospital average.”

Worked mid-size hospital (~100 staffed beds)

Same method. Patient ice only.

100 staffed beds.

  • GoFoodservice / Tundra / HVACDirect 10 lb: 100 × 10 = 1,000 lb
  • GoFoodservice quick table (already +20%): their 100 beds hospital cell is 1,200 lb
  • Tundra 10–20% on 1,000 lb: 1,100–1,200 lb
  • GoFoodservice nursing-home 6 lb on the same 100 beds if you wrongly copy that row: 600 lb; buffered cell 720 lb

1,000–1,200 lb is past a single 400–550 lb modular cube head’s 90/70 column in this directory (C0330MA-1 288 lb AHRI; CIM0430A 320 lb on the PDF already cited on that directory page; IYT0450A 378 lb AHRI). It is also past one HID525 at 380 lb @ 90/70. Mid-size patient ice is several floor dispensers, a larger head class, or a back-of-house nugget/cube plant that fills dispensers — Kitchen Spot’s “multiple units” paragraph, not one 90 lb undercounter.

A cafeteria on the same campus is still 1 lb per person, added after the bed math, not baked into 10 lb/bed.

Worked nursing-home contrast (same bed counts, 6 lb/bed)

The full nursing-home, assisted-living, and long-term care worksheet — 50 and 100 beds, dispenser versus dietary plant, cafeteria as its own line — is on ice machine for a nursing home. The contrast below stays here so this hospital page does not hide the 6 lb row.

GoFoodservice is the source that splits nursing-home beds. Tundra and HVACDirect do not print 6. Use 6 only as GoFoodservice’s nursing-home row.

50 resident beds (not a hospital):

  • GoFoodservice nursing home 6 lb per bed: 50 × 6 = 300 lb
  • Their buffered 50-bed nursing-home cell: 360 lb
  • Hospital 10 lb if you wrongly copy that row onto the same 50 beds: 500 lb; buffered 600 lb — that is their hospital line

100 resident beds:

  • GoFoodservice 6 lb: 100 × 6 = 600 lb
  • Buffered cell: 720 lb
  • Hospital 10 lb on the same 100: 1,000 / 1,200 lb

300–360 lb is still past every undercounter leftover here. A HID525 500 / 380 lb dispenser is in the right production class at 70/50 if one cabinet covers the building and demand is spread; the 25 lb hopper is not a 300 lb dump bin. A modular nugget head (RNP0320A 308 / 236 lb; GEM0450A 464 / 354 lb) plus a listed bin or dispenser is the other published form. Cafeteria 1 lb/person stays a separate line on either census.

The floor window (hopper vs 24-hour make)

A 24-hour rating is not a bucket. Patient ice is often taken in short windows — morning meds, meal trays, evening water — not as 20 lb every hour for 24 hours. Hotel guest ice has the same physics; the hotel hopper example is the parallel, with 5 lb/room swapped for 10 lb/bed here.

Atlantic’s own bin example (restaurant page of their sizing article) is 240 lb during a three-hour dinner rush on a 600 lb/day machine. They divide 600 by 24 to get a theoretical 25 lb/hour, subtract 75 lb of make during the window, and still need stored ice plus opening stock. See ice bin sizing for the modular-head version of that formula.

Take the 50-bed GoFoodservice / Tundra 10 lb line (500 lb before the printed 20% cell). If even 20 beds take 5 lb in a two-hour morning window:

  • Pull: 20 × 5 = 100 lb in 2 hours
  • Scotsman HID525 stored ice: 25 lb hopper. Make during the window at the current-page 380 lb @ 90/70 is 380 ÷ 24 ≈ 15.8 lb/hour × 2 h ≈ 32 lb. On paper: ~57 lb against a 100 lb pull. The hopper, not the “500 lb” headline, is the constraint.
  • Largest undercounter bin here: 90 lb. Theoretical make on a 140 lb @ 90/70 cabinet is 140 ÷ 24 ≈ 5.8 lb/hour × 2 h ≈ 12 lb. On paper: ~102 lb against a 100 lb pull — tight, and that cabinet is an open leftover, not a patient-accessible dispenser.
  • A modular head on a B-300SF (300 lb application capacity) covers a 100 lb staff bag-out only if the bin is actually full and usable. Ice can bridge; Atlantic says nominal bin pounds are not perfectly scoopable inventory. That bin is a staff room.

Take the 100-bed 10 lb line (1,000 lb before the 1,200 lb buffered cell). If even half hits across daytime shifts (~500 lb while the plant is also trying to refill hoppers):

  • One HID525 at 380 lb @ 90/70 cannot be the only maker.
  • One KM-520MAJ “up to 556” with 90/70 not on that HTML is still one head. Split floors.

That hourly split (24-hour rating ÷ 24) is arithmetic, not an OEM hourly guarantee. Harvest is cyclic. A boxed-in soiled-utility alcove will not even give you the 90/70 column. See how to size and air-cooled vs water-cooled.

Kitchen Spot’s usual bin rule is 10–20% larger than daily make, except the church / one-or-two-days-a-week pattern. A hospital turns ice every day. Do not park a week of ice in a sealed bin. Follow the clean/sanitize interval on the machine sheet. We are not writing a health-department letter.

Utility / dietary heat derate

Manufacturer “up to” numbers are a 70°F air / 50°F water comparison point. The machine that lives in a closed alcove, next to a cart washer, or in an unconditioned dietary closet is not in that room.

  • Kitchen Spot: if the machine is in a 90° kitchen with ~70° water, “you can expect less ice production by as much as 15% or more.” Ice-O-Matic, Scotsman, and Manitowoc “all publish output for various models at different ambient temperatures.”
  • GoFoodservice: listed capacities are under ideal conditions; “actual output may be 10–15% lower in hot environments.”
  • Tundra: air-cooled units “have to work harder in hot environments.”

Cited 70/50 → 90/70 drops on sheets we opened (air-cooled unless noted):

Model 70/50 90/70 Drop
Scotsman HID525 500 lb 380 lb on the current Scotsman page (older 02/21 PDFs listed 365 lb air-cooled @ 90/70 — directory page already flags the spread) 24% on the 380 lb cell
Manitowoc RNP0320A 308 lb 236 lb on the cited RNP sheet 23%
Ice-O-Matic GEM0450A 464 lb 354 lb on the cited GEM0450 PDF 24%
Hoshizaki F-330BAK 331 lb “up to” Not on the HTML product page already cited on that directory page — omitted —
Ice-O-Matic CIM0430A 435 lb 320 lb on the Webstaurant CIM0430 PDF already cited on that directory page. A 2025 depot reprint is flagged there as 310 lb — treat 90/70 as labeled / uncertain until you open the current Ice-O-Matic PDF 26% on the 320 lb cell
Scotsman C0330MA-1 400 lb 288 lb AHRI (Rewonline listing already cited on that directory page) 28%
Manitowoc IYT0450A 490 lb on the URI listing 378 lb AHRI @ 90/70 already cited on that directory page 23%
Hoshizaki KM-520MAJ ~556 lb Not on the HTML product page already cited on that directory page — omitted —
Manitowoc UYF-0140A 137 lb 100 lb 27%
Manitowoc UYF-0190A 193 lb 140 lb 27%
Ice-O-Matic ICEU150HA 185 lb 130 lb 30%
Hoshizaki KM-81BAK 98 lb (“up to” on the product page) 76 lb on the KM-81/116 BAK sheet already cited on that directory page 22%
Hoshizaki KM-161BAK 156 lb Not on the HTML product page we opened — omitted —

Compare the 90/70 column to the peak-day target when the sheet has one. A 500 lb “up to” dispenser that makes 380 lb in a 90° alcove is a 380 lb machine that shift.

Air-cooled cabinets also dump heat into that hole. HID525 / HID540 heat rejection is 6,800 BTU/h on the current Scotsman page already cited on the hotel and HID525 directory pages. KM-520MAJ is 7,000 BTU/h. F-330BAK is 3,400 BTU/h. CIM0430A sheet: 5,100 BTU/h. Those BTUs become room cooling load on an air-cooled cabinet in a closed alcove. See air-cooled vs water-cooled.

Form factor: dispenser vs modular + bin vs undercounter station

GoFoodservice draws the same line the other venue pages use: dispenser when someone other than staff can reach the ice; modular head + bin when production is high or storage is chosen separately and access is staff-only; undercounter when demand is low-to-moderate and the built-in bin covers the pull.

Job Typical form Do not use it for
Patient-accessible floor / nursing-unit ice Ice-and-water dispenser (HID525 class) or a cube/nugget head on a listed dispenser An open kitchen bin in the corridor
50-bed hospital patient ice, GoFoodservice / Tundra 10 lb (500–600 lb) One or more floor dispensers, and/or a modular nugget or cube head + bin in a staff room that fills them A 38–90 lb undercounter leftover as the floor plant
100-bed hospital patient ice (1,000–1,200 lb buffered) Multiple dispensers or a larger / two-head plant One HID525; one 400 lb cube head
Nursing home, GoFoodservice 6 lb × 50–100 (300–720 lb) Worked on the nursing home page: dispenser(s) and/or a staff modular head + bin Copying 10 lb/bed without saying you used the hospital row
Staff cafeteria, 1 lb/person Modular cube head + bin sized to the meal window — same idea as school cafeteria Stacking 1 lb on the 10 lb bed line
Clinic / nursing-station staff ice only Compact undercounter (AM-50, KM-81, C-80) 50-bed patient ice; visitor self-serve
Therapy / pack flake Flake as its own cabinet (F-330 class) The cafeteria cuber; a 25 lb hopper as a pack bin
Hotel-style guest hopper math Out of this page — hotel 5 lb/room on a hospital census

Undercounter is one 115 V cabinet with a built-in bin. HVACDirect calls undercounter machines “ideal for offices, cafes, and smaller establishments with constrained space” and names countertop machines for “self-serve stations, cafeterias, and medical facilities.” GoFoodservice’s undercounter band is 50–500 lb/day make with 7–250 lb built-in storage; their “typical commercial output” sentence for standard bar/restaurant use is 100–250 lb per day. This directory’s largest undercounter bin is 90 lb. A 50-bed hospital 10 lb line is 500 lb before the printed 20% cell. Every undercounter in this directory is too small to be that floor’s plant — including UYF-0190A (193 / 140 lb, 90 lb bin), KM-161BAK (156 lb, 78 lb bin), ICEU150HA (185 / 130 lb, 70 lb bin), KM-81BAK (98 / 76 lb, 38 lb bin), C-80BAK (92 lb, 27 lb bin), and AM-50BAK (54 lb, 27 lb bin). Those cabinets are clinic / station / staff leftovers. Form-factor background: undercounter vs modular vs countertop.

Dispenser is how GoFoodservice and the hotel page keep ice behind a chute. HID525 stores 25 lb. It has to keep making ice during the window. Pairing a modular head to a hotel-class dispenser (Manitowoc SPA 120 / 180 lb on the hotel page) is a taller, often mixed-voltage stack — read both sheets.

Modular head + bin is the dietary / bag-fill plant. Production and storage are separate SKUs. Order the bin or dispenser (and any top kit) from the head’s compatibility list. GoFoodservice’s modular line starts at 250 lb/day and names hospitals among “best for” applications. The smallest modular cube heads in this directory are the 400–550 lb class. That is a back-of-house plant, often hardwired, not a 15″ station plug-in.

Current patient-floor dispensers and nugget / flake cabinets (OEM sheets)

Figures are manufacturer ratings. Full citations live on each directory page. Street prices omitted.

Model Ice Cited make Storage Cabinet / power Hospital note
Scotsman HID525 H² nugget 500 / 380 lb (air) on the current Scotsman page. Older 02/21 PDFs listed 365 lb air-cooled @ 90/70 — treat 90/70 as labeled / confirm SKU 25 lb hopper (dispenser, not a dump bin) 21.25″ × 24.38″ × 35″; 115 V; 15 A max fuse, 7.5 ft NEMA 5-15P on the hotel/HID sheets already cited Scotsman files this SKU under Healthcare / Ice-Water. A 25 lb hopper has to keep making ice. One cabinet’s 380 lb @ 90/70 is below a 50-bed 500–600 lb patient line if that line is one machine.
Manitowoc RNP0320A Nugget 308 / 236 lb on the cited RNP sheet Head only; that sheet shows the head on a D-420 (310 lb bin, 22″ × 34″ × 76″ including 6″ legs) 115 V, 7.5 A min. circuit, 15 A max fuse, R290, ENERGY STAR 3.0 marked. Head depth/height were not cleanly extracted — omitted Soft-ice head + bin (or a listed dispenser). 236 lb @ 90/70 is a nursing-home 50-bed 300 lb line only with reserve and/or a second cabinet.
Ice-O-Matic GEM0450A Pearl (nugget) 464 / 354 lb on the cited GEM0450 PDF Head only; pair with a listed Ice-O-Matic bin 21″ wide on that sheet. Voltage, amps, depth, and height were not extracted from the PDF text we opened — omitted Read the drawing before you cut an alcove. 354 lb @ 90/70 is still short of a 50-bed 500 lb patient line as the only maker.
Hoshizaki F-330BAK Flake up to 331 lb. 90/70 production is not on that HTML — omitted 80 lb built-in bin (2.7 ft³, AHRI 820 method) 24″ × 26″ × 39″; 115/60/1, 6.3 A, 15 A max fuse, 8 ft NEMA 5-15P, R290 (2.8 oz), 4.29 kWh/100 lb @ 90/70, 12 gal/100 lb, 3,400 BTU/h Display / pack flake. Tundra and GoFoodservice name healthcare as a flake application — dealer copy, not medical advice. An 80 lb leftover is not a 500 lb floor plant. Hoshizaki’s 4HC-H filter page (already noted on that directory page) says that filter is not recommended for flakers. See filters and descalers.

A cubelet sibling F-330BAK-C is 300 lb on the 08/28/25 spec PDF already cited on the F-330 directory page.

Hotel-page HID siblings (HID540 40 lb hopper, HID312 12 lb, HID207 7 lb; Hoshizaki DCM-271 / DCM-500) are cited on ice machine for a hotel. We do not duplicate those full tables here. They are the same dispenser physics with a different lb factor.

Current modular cube heads + bins (dietary / larger floors)

Pair the head with a bin or dispenser from the compatibility list, not with an undercounter leftover. Cafeteria and bag-fill logic is the same as restaurant F&B: storage for the service window.

Model Ice Cited make Cabinet / power Notes
Hoshizaki KM-520MAJ Crescent ~556 lb (“approximately” / “up to 556” on the current product page). 90/70 not extracted from that HTML 22″ × 27.375″ × 28″; 115 V hardwire, 10.6 A, 20 A max fuse; 7,000 BTU/h Compatible bins on the page include B-250 through B-1300 and DB/DM dispensers. Slim-line; two heads side by side is a documented Hoshizaki layout. ENERGY STAR stated on the page.
Manitowoc IYT0450A Half-dice 490 lb/day on the URI listing already cited on that directory page (no 90/70 cell on that HTML). Directory page already cites 378 lb AHRI @ 90/70 30″ × 24.5″ × 21.5″ on that URI page (some earlier copy 24″ D — use the current cut sheet); 115 V, MCA 11.9 A, 20 A max fuse. Cord vs hardwire: confirm the current sheet Head only. URI copy suggests D400 / D570 bins and marks the head not stackable. R410A on that page. Hotel page pairs this class with a 30″ SPA dispenser.
Ice-O-Matic CIM0430A Half cube 435 / 320 lb on the Webstaurant CIM0430/0435/0436 PDF already cited on that directory page. A 2025 reprint is flagged there as 310 lb @ 90/70 30.25″ × 24.25″ × 21.25″; 115/60/1; min. circuit 11.0 A, 15 A fuse; 5,100 BTU/h on that PDF ENERGY STAR mark on the sheet. Head only; B25–B1660 on that PDF. Dual exhaust; 6″ intake/exhaust clearance. Water-cooled CIM0430W is a different water-use story (169 gal/100 lb condenser water on the same PDF).
Scotsman C0330MA-1 Medium cube 400 / 288 lb (70/50 and AHRI 90/70 on the Rewonline listing already cited on that directory page) 30″ × 24″ × 23″; 115/60/1, 14.3 A. Often hardwired on Prodigy Plus copy — confirm the current sheet ENERGY STAR on that listing. Common bins in circulated copy include B330 / B530. 288 lb @ 90/70 is a cafeteria line, not a 1,000 lb patient-floor plant.

Hoshizaki bins already cited on the restaurant, catering, hotel, and ice-bin pages (application capacity = volume × 30 lb/ft³ on each page; height includes 6″ legs; top kits sold separately):

Bin (current OEM page) Application capacity Width × depth × height Why a hospital looks at it
B-300SF 300 lb (11.51 ft³) 22″ × 32.5″ × 46″ Same width as KM-520MAJ. Staff bag-out / small cafeteria. Not a patient-accessible leftover. 3/4″ FPT drain.
B-500SF 500 lb (16.33 ft³) 30″ × 32.5″ × 46″ Kitchen Spot’s “bin 10–20% larger than daily make” idea on a 400–450 lb head, or a 50-bed 500 lb patient staff dump if you are not already past this leftover. 22″ head needs the top kit on the sheet.

A 200 lb-class head is not in this directory today. Do not assume a 22″ head drops onto a 30″ or 44″ lid without the top kit on the current sheet.

Current undercounters — clinic / station only (OEM sheets)

These cabinets are too small for a 50-bed hospital 10 lb patient line. They are here so the “undercounter for a tiny clinic or nursing station” sentence has numbers.

Model Ice Cited make Bin Cabinet / power Healthcare note
Hoshizaki AM-50BAK Top hat 54 lb “approximately” (current product page). 90/70 omitted 27 lb 14.875″ × 22.625″ × 33.5″; 115/60/1, 2.0 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft NEMA 5-15P Hoshizaki copy: hotel suite / office / kitchen. Staff / clinic. Not 50 beds.
Hoshizaki C-80BAK Mini cubelet 92 lb “approximately.” 90/70 not on that HTML page 27 lb Same 15″ family; 115/60/1, 2.8 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft 5-15P Chewable leftover. Same tiny 27 lb bin.
Hoshizaki KM-81BAK Crescent 98 / 76 lb (product page “up to 98”; 90/70 on the KM-81/116 BAK sheet) 38 lb 17.75″ × 24″ × 39″; 115/60/1, 2.4 A, 15 A max fuse, 6.5 ft 5-15P Nursing-station staff ice. 39″ H will not fit a 36″ counter. 1,800 BTU/h.
Hoshizaki KM-161BAK Crescent 156 lb on the current product page. 90/70 not on that HTML page 78 lb 23.75″ × 28″ × 39″; 115/60/1, 3.5 A, 15 A max fuse, 6.5 ft 5-15P Largest Hoshizaki undercounter leftover here. Still not 500 lb patient ice. 2,800 BTU/h.
Manitowoc UYF-0140A Half-dice 137 / 100 lb (NEO 140/190 family sheet, 6/22) 90 lb 26″ × 28.50″ × 38.50″ (height includes 6″ legs on that sheet); 115 V, 5 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft 5-15P Biggest undercounter bin in this directory. Family sheet lists R-404A — confirm the data plate. Open leftover.
Manitowoc UYF-0190A Half-dice 193 / 140 lb (same NEO sheet) 90 lb Same 26″ cabinet family; 115 V, 6 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft 5-15P More make, same 90 lb bin — overnight refill is faster; morning scoop capacity does not grow.
Ice-O-Matic ICEU150HA Half cube 185 / 130 lb on the circulated ICEU150 sheet 70 lb 24.54″ × 26.27″ × 39″; 115 V. 9.7 A on one distributor sheet — confirm the current OEM PDF Directory page already says verify the model has not been superseded. ENERGY STAR on the cited sheet.

AM-50BAK, C-80BAK, KM-81BAK, and KM-161BAK are R290 on those current Hoshizaki pages.

Power, drain, air, filter (alcove / dietary realism)

Many hospital ice rooms are a tight alcove: one circuit, a slop-sink drain, a closed louver, and a corridor that cannot take extra heat. Read the sheet before the bid.

  • 115 V cord-and-plug on HID525 (hotel/HID sheets) and the compact cabinets above (KM-81, KM-161, UYF-0140/0190, F-330BAK, AM-50, C-80). A KM-520MAJ is a hardwired 115 V / 20 A-class head. CIM0430A’s cited sheet is 115 V, 11.0 A min. circuit, 15 A fuse — confirm cord vs junction box on the current PDF. Two cabinets plus a food cart on one alcove circuit is an electrician question.
  • Drain. Gravity to a nearby floor drain if the sheet’s fall and fitting work (KM-81 / KM-161 / KM-520 / F-330: 3/4″ FPT on those current pages; AM-50 / C-80: 1/2″ FPT; NEO family sheet: 1/2″ FPT ice-making drain and 1/2″ FPT bin drain; HID: 3/4″ FPT on the 06/25 drawings already cited on the hotel page). Hoshizaki accessory HS-5061 is the listed drain pump on AM/C/KM compact units. Melt water is not optional.
  • Air / alcove. HID 06/25 sheets already cited on the hotel page: 6″ left, back, right. CIM0430A PDF: 6″ intake and exhaust. Front-in / front-out compact cabinets exist for tight holes. A decorative grille is not the factory opening. Use the 90/70 column if you have it.
  • Water-cooled condensers dump heat into condenser water. HID525 water-cooled on the 06/25 sheet lists 120 gal/100 lb condenser water (hotel page). CIM0430W on the Ice-O-Matic PDF lists 169 gal/100 lb. Many cities restrict once-through cooling. Do not pick water-cooled to hide a closed alcove without a mechanical reason.
  • Filter. Ice-machine filter, not the drinking-fountain cartridge and not a flaker-forbidden 4HC-H on the F-330. See filters and descalers.
  • Water pressure. Hoshizaki compact, F-330, and KM-520 pages list about 10–113 psig. Manitowoc NEO and the CIM0430 sheet list 20–80 psi. Too little pressure and harvest fails.
  • Sanitation (short). Ice that goes into a cup is food. Use the dispenser or a scoop per facility policy, and follow the clean/descale interval on the machine sheet. NSF marks are on the sheets. This is not health-code legal advice and not an infection-control protocol; the inspector’s sheet and the facility policy win.
  • Do not use a household countertop nugget machine as if it were NSF commercial equipment unless the listing says it is.

What this page is not

  • Not a hotel guest-floor page. 5 lb per occupied room, HID hopper evening-fill, and SPA 120/180 lb dispensers stay on the hotel guide. Link that page for hallway dispenser physics; keep 10 lb/bed and 6 lb/bed here.
  • Not a school cafeteria or gym page. Meal-period 1–1.5 lb/student stays on the school cafeteria guide. Trainer 5–10 lb/athlete stays on the gym guide.
  • Not medical advice. Tundra’s flake “choking hazard” sentence and other dealer soft-ice lines are labeled as dealer recommendations. We do not say which ice a patient may have.
  • Not a code letter or infection-control protocol. NSF marks and manuals are on the sheets. We do not say an install “meets” a health department, CMS, or facility IP policy. Follow the facility policy and the manufacturer sanitation instructions.
  • Not a review. No scores, no invented “we installed N of these on floor Y.”
  • Not a price list.
  • Not the nursing-home page. GoFoodservice 6 lb per bed, assisted living, memory care, and long-term care stay on ice machine for a nursing home. This page keeps hospital 10 lb/bed.
  • Not a blended healthcare lb/bed. Published hospital patient rows we opened are GoFoodservice / Tundra / HVACDirect 10 lb per bed. Published nursing-home row is GoFoodservice 6 lb per bed. Published cafeteria row is GoFoodservice / Tundra 1 lb per person. GoFoodservice’s 50-bed hospital cell is 600 lb because that table already includes 20%. We show the methods. We do not average 10 and 6.

Sources

  1. GoFoodservice, Commercial Ice Machine Guide — Healthcare Hospital patient ice 10 lbs per bed; Nursing home patient ice 6 lbs per bed; Cafeteria 1 lb per person; rooms/beds calculator Hospital 50 → 600 lb, 100 → 1,200 lb and Nursing Home 50 → 360, 100 → 720 with copy that all figures include a 20% buffer for peak demand; dispensers “best for” hotels, hospitals, self-service / public access; modular bins are staff-access; flake “healthcare (packs and bends for injuries)”; modular 250–2,500 lb/day, undercounter 50–500 lb/day; actual output may be 10–15% lower in hot rooms. Last updated Sep 3, 2026 on the live article already cited by the school-cafeteria and gym guides (retrieved 2026-09-14).
  2. Tundra Restaurant Supply, Commercial Ice Machine Buying Guide — Healthcare Patients 10 lbs. per bed; Cafeteria 1 lb. per person; flake “reduces choking hazards, making it ideal for healthcare and childcare applications” and recommended for hospital / daycare cafeterias (dealer recommendation, not medical advice); add 10%–20% to peak for growth (retrieved 2026-09-14).
  3. HVACDirect, Commercial Ice Machine Buying Guide — healthcare 10 lbs. per bed; nugget “ideal for … medical facilities”; flake for “medical environments”; undercounter “ideal for offices, cafes, and smaller establishments with constrained space”; countertop machines for self-serve / cafeterias / medical facilities (retrieved 2026-09-14; same article already cited on the office guide).
  4. Atlantic Store Equipment, Commercial Ice Machine Sizing Guide — dinner-rush bin example (600 lb/day → theoretical 25 lb/hour); size the bin around the largest service period; hotel ~5 lb per occupied room (guest ice, not this page’s bed math). Dated Jul 15, 2026 (already cited on hotel / bar / catering pages).
  5. The Kitchen Spot, Ice Machines: Sizing for Application — 90° kitchen / ~70° water can cut make by 15% or more; bin usually 10–20% larger than daily make; multiple machines when ice types differ (retrieved 2026-09-14; same article already cited on sibling venue pages). No hospital lb/bed row on the page we use.
  6. Scotsman, HID525 product page — 500 / 380 lb, 25 lb hopper; Healthcare / Ice-Water path (already cited on that directory page and the hotel guide).
  7. Manitowoc, RNP0320 spec — 308 / 236 lb, 7.5 A min. circuit, 15 A max fuse, R290 (already cited on that directory page).
  8. Ice-O-Matic, GEM0450 spec PDF — 464 / 354 lb; 21″ width called out; voltage / amps / depth / height not extracted from the PDF text we opened (already cited on that directory page).
  9. Hoshizaki, F-330BAK product page — 331 lb flake, 80 lb bin, 24″ × 26″ × 39″, 115 V, 6.3 A, 5-15P, 3,400 BTU/h (already cited on that directory page).
  10. Hoshizaki, KM-520MAJ product page — ~556 lb, 22″ × 27.375″ × 28″, 115 V hardwire, 10.6 A, 20 A max fuse, 7,000 BTU/h, compatible B-250–B-1300 (already cited on that directory page).
  11. Hoshizaki, B-300SF and B-500SF product pages — 300 / 500 lb application capacity; 22″ / 30″; top kits sold separately (already cited on restaurant / ice-bin pages).
  12. URI, IYT0450A listing — 490 lb/day, 30″ × 24.5″ × 21.5″, 115 V, MCA 11.9 A, 20 A max fuse (already cited on that directory page).
  13. Ice-O-Matic, CIM0430/0435/0436 spec PDF — CIM0430A 435 / 320 lb, 30.25″ × 24.25″ × 21.25″, 115/60/1, 11.0 A / 15 A, 5,100 BTU/h, 6″ clearance; CIM0430W condenser water 169 gal/100 lb (already cited on that directory page).
  14. Rewonline, Scotsman C0330MA-1 listing — 400 lb @ 70/50, 288 lb AHRI @ 90/70, 30″ × 24″ × 23″, 115 V, 14.3 A (already cited on that directory page).
  15. Manitowoc, NEO 140/190 family sheet — UYF-0140A 137 / 100 lb; UYF-0190A 193 / 140 lb; 90 lb bin (already cited on those directory pages).
  16. Directory pages already citing the same OEM language: HID525, RNP0320A, GEM0450A, F-330BAK, KM-520MAJ, IYT0450A, CIM0430A, C0330MA-1, KM-81BAK, KM-161BAK, UYF-0140A, UYF-0190A, ICEU150HA, AM-50BAK, C-80BAK.

If two sheets disagree, we say so and prefer the latest OEM page or PDF.