3. Different rooms in the surgical department, their objectives and requirements Flashcards
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- Different rooms in the surgical department, their objectives and requirements
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- Operating room requirements:
* Large enough for equipment and personnel
* Only necessary equipment (suction, access to medical gases, etc.)
* Soft, white light with regulated intensity, no heating effect, 360 degree rotation
* Adjustable surgical table (also warming if possible)
* Ventilation, optimal airflow
* 17-20 degree & less than 50% humidity (data variable)
* Easily cleanable surfaces (resistant to corrosive effect) - Scrub sink area
* Centrally located
* Ideally motion-sensitive
* Only for scrubbing hands, never to clean equipment/dispose of body fluids
* Antiseptic soap, scrub brushes, fingernail cleaner - Nurse’s workstation, instrument and supply
processing area, storage
* Nurse’s workstation (also instrument processing)
* Centrally located in the surgical area
* Cleaning, sterilization of instruments
* Surgery log, surgery (anesthesia) protocols
* Autoclave, refrigerator, blanket warmer, formalin containers etc.
* Should be divided into two seperate areas to prevent cross-contamination - Anesthesia and patient preparation room
* Necessary equipment and drugs organised
* Transportable crash cart advisable
* 17-20 C & < 50% - Minor (septic) procedures operating room
- A seperate room adjacent to the anesthesia preparation area
- Minor contaminated surgical procedures
- Equipment:
* Operating table
* Spotlight
* Gas, suction lines
* Suture material, instrument packs
* Antiseptic preparation materials - Patient recovery room
* Oxygen supply
* Warming possibilities
* Monitoring
* 21-25 C - Gowning and gloving area
* Seperate from the scrub sink area
* May be inside the operating room or just outside - Storage
* Everything used in surgery, but unnecessary for the current procedure
* Can be combined with nurse’s workstation
