Creating the smarter, safer operating room
Hospital Safety Insider, October 8, 2015
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A team of researchers from Clemson University is hoping to answer the question of whether it's possible to design the perfect operating room, according to a report from Outpatient Surgery magazine.
The team, led by an architecture professor at the university, recently received a $1 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to create a prototype of a better hospital operating room. The research team-which includes a mix of architects, design researchers, engineers, anesthesiologists, nurses, and surgeons-will study how the design of a room impacts everything from infections to trips and falls.
Current rooms tend to be cramped, and also unsafe, thanks to unfriendly ergonomic designs and a high number of distractions, which can lead to surgical errors. According to the report, the team will also attempt to tackle surgical site infections by studying how evidence-based design concepts could potentially reduce the infection rate in patients.
Researchers are working in a learning lab in Charleston, South Carolina, that is funded by the grant. There, they will test and refine design ideas, eventually building a prototype of the ideal OR. This prototype design will ultimately be implemented at the Medical University of South Carolina's new ambulatory surgery center in Charleston, according to the report.
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