As we all know, tissue damage from hypoxic ischemic injury during a heart attack leads to ongoing problems, like congestive heart failure. Once heart muscle is damaged, neighboring healthy tissue will become damaged too, due to the “bystander effect.” This can turn what might be relatively minor heart damage into…
Keeping Your Operating Rooms Comfortable for Staff
Your surgical staff spends several hours a week in your operating rooms and their overall comfort is very important. Daniel Cook, Executive Editor at Outpatient Surgery Magazine, published a very interesting article entitled How Comfortable Are Your ORs?
In this article, Clark gives some very good advice on how you can keep your facility comfortable for staff. Included are tips on:
- Effective room layout and design
- The necessity of ample lighting and configurations that do not strain backs or other muscles
- Comfortable surgical attire
I strongly encourage you to read this article in its entirety to get some good ideas for your surgical center. If you have not already signed up for your free subscription to Outpatient Magazine, you will need to in order to see the article in its entirety.
AMRI Staff