Operating Theaters Design Analyzer Articles
… “Joint Commission International”[2], LEED “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design” [3] also, we can apply many of latest trends in operating theater design, it helps the owners of health care facilities or those who are interested in this …
Operating Room Nurse Coordinator and Communicator
To achieve the potential inherent in the use of computer applications in distributed environments, we need to understand the information needs of users. The purpose of this descriptive study was to document the communication of an operating room cha…
Operating Room Setup and Patient Positioning Guide
Operating room equipment, design and layout. An efficiently setup and organizing operating room for laparoscopic bariatric surgery is critical for success. The room should be spacious enough to allow for unencumbered transfer of the morbidly obese p…
Operating Room & Infection Control - Sharps Injury Prevention in the Operating Room
The awareness of these risks of these risks associated with exposure to blood containing HCV, HIV and HBV has heightened the need for understanding the cause and prevention of sharps injury and exposure of blood in all operative settings. There is a…
Operating Room Standard Equipment Guidelines
Its a presentation guidelines for operating room standard equipment. Basic equipment : Operating room, Identification of patients, Aseptic procedures, Surgical instruments and equibments, Operating room safety, Basic principle in operative field. M…
Operating Room Communication Methods Between Nurses and Surgeons
…n in the operating room. Background. We conducted a retrospective study of silences observed in communication between nurses and surgeons in a multi-site observational study of interprofessional communication in the operating room. Over 700 surgical …
Hybrid Operating Room Design and Implementation
The design and implementation of hybrid operating rooms is a complex multidisciplinary process. The significant investment in these operating suites requires productive and efficient utilization. The advantages of these suites for the vascular surge…
Health Care Operating Rooms Evaluation as Wet/Dry Locations
A key area of debate in the most recent revision cycle of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities has been the topic of electrical environments in hospital operating rooms and whether they need to be classified as a wet location or dry location. This study …
How to Reduce Exposure Risk in the Operating Room
The purpose of this article is to evaluate and recommend current best practices related to safe handling of sharp instruments in reducing transmission of blood borne pathogens, specifically HIV, in the operating suite. The information in this paper …
Hospital Operating Room Planning : analyzing strategies and problem settings
Operating room planning is a complex task which has to consider many aspects such as surgeon scheduling, operating team scheduling (included anaesthetic personnel), patient related information, (i.e. estimated operating time, priority and diagnosis)…