Here are some of the considerations / recommendations in planning a hybrid operating room, which integrates imaging equipment into the operating room, based on comments of a steering committee responsible for developing an exhibit at an upcoming national conference:
- Physician champions are needed
- Turf issues as far as who controls the hybrid OR must be worked out
- It takes about a year in planning time
- Multi-disciplinary hybrid OR steering committee should meet every 2 to 3 weeks
- 1,200 sf should be adequate for the hybrid OR and the control room
- The hybrid OR should be part of the surgical suite and close to blood bank
Source: Wood, E. (2015, Sept.). Learn from hybrid OR experts at annual conference Town Hall. OR Manager, 31(9), 1, 7-9. http://www.ormanager.com/learn-hybrid-experts-annual-conference-town-hall/ Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050 rc@aha.org
Filed under: Imaging, Posted by Kim Garber, Surgical suite | Tagged: Hospital design, Hybrid operating rooms, Operating room of the future, Size of operating rooms |
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