Operating room/theater (O.R for short) is a place that provides surgery and rescue for patients and is an essential technical department of the hospital. Operating room should be connected to the operating departments and adjacent to blood bank, intensive care unit, anesthesia recovery room, etc.
Guidelines:
1. Location of the operating room
It should be located in a quiet, clean, less cross-infection high-rise, and at the same time, it should be located near the departments related to surgery.
2. Area and number of operating rooms
The large operating room is not less than 40 square meters, and the small operating room is more or less 25 square meters. The number of operating rooms is determined by the number of beds in the operating room, generally 1:20
3. The internal construction requirements of the operating room
The ceiling, walls and floors should be solid, bright and moisture-resistant, with curved corners for easy cleaning. The floor should be terrazzo or anti-slip tiles.
Slightly sloped for easy scrubbing and allowing water to drain from the lower floor drain. Wide automatic door, wide and well-sealed double glazed one floor
Screened windows. There are dual power supplies, unobstructed water supply and water, fire prevention and ventilation, filtration and sterilization equipment.
Indoor temperature 20℃~25℃, Humidity 45% ~ 60%, and there is perfect adjustment equipment.
4. Operating room equipment
Disinfection: Laminar flow or air purifiers, ozone, UV rays, etc.
Infrastructure: Surgical pendants/booms (divided into anesthesia, endoscopy, surgery, wet and dry integration, etc., with oxygen, positive and negative pressure gas body), Anesthesia machine, Surgical Shadowless Light, Operating table (choose different types according to the type of surgery and cost
Class and grade), Air conditioners, Induction washbasins, Hand soaking buckets, etc.
Surgical equipment: Electric knife, Ventilator, Patient monitor, Defibrillator, Electric drill, Endoscope series
Surgical instruments: Scalpel, scissors, hemostatic forceps, pull hooks, suture needles, etc.
5. Operating room partition
Sterile area: operating room, sterile storage room.
Clean area: brush toilets, equipment preparation room, anesthesia preparation, anesthesia recovery room.
Semi-clean areas: patient waiting rooms, offices, nurse stations, lounges, changing rooms, etc.
Contaminated area: dirt storage and cleaning area, including utility room, bathroom, toilet, etc., The operating room is divided into sterile operating room and contaminated operating room, the former on the inside.
Choosing a reliable equipment supplier and contractor is the key to building a perfect and modern operating room.
