Patient Flow Design: Pre-Op, Transport and PACU
Operating room patient flow is the sequence from pre-op to the OR to the recovery area, and getting it right reduces the...
Read ArticleOperating room layout planning, modular OR construction, ISO Class 7-8 cleanrooms, 3D design, and department planning for DSU, ICU, and emergency.
Operating room patient flow is the sequence from pre-op to the OR to the recovery area, and getting it right reduces the...
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Emergency departments are the most consequential rooms in a hospital to get wrong. Every design decision — bay count, trauma room placement,...
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Zoning and transfer corridors in seconds, a dual-duty equipment core, and the newborn readiness details that pass audits: maternity OR design end...
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Renovating an Existing Operating Room: The Planning Checklist Building a new operating theatre is a design problem; renovating an old one is...
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Day Surgery Center Design: Stations and Flow A day surgery center is designed around turnover, not around a long stay. The patient...
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Endoscopy suite layout and patient flow: zones, patient movement and equipment placement, and how a design reduces turnaround between procedures.
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How to plan an ICU bed bay: clear dimensions for a full walk-around, a head wall that holds the gas, power and...
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The door of an operating room does more than close the room. It holds the pressure differential that keeps airborne contamination out,...
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Laminar flow promises an ultra-clean air column over the surgical site, and hospitals pay a premium for it. The promise only holds...
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Electrostatic discharge — ESD — can damage sensitive electronic equipment and ignite flammable anaesthetic agents. In the operating room, where monopolar surgical...
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