Final Draft 10-18-96
Revised February 1997
Narrative
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS (CONT.)
Internal Operating Room Circulation
It is very important to plan an operating room
so that a high level of sterile technique can
be achieved. A surgical case requires a vast
amount of sterile items, primarily instruments.
The instruments are placed on the surgical
instrument table prior to the procedure. The
scrub nurse constantly is drawing from this
source to supply the surgeon during the
operation. The surgical instrument table is
positioned usually toward the foot of the
operating table, but is included within the
sterile field. No one walks between the
operating room table and the surgical
instrument table, except those in sterile garb.
In larger clinics and hospitals radiographical
equipment or television monitors may be
planned for the room,and these items have to
be considered.
VA DESIGN GUIDE
AMBULATORY SURGERY
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