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Guidelines for operating room hazard control are helpful but occasionally contradictory, with current surgical suite designs generally following four basic configurations.
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Clinicians should reconcile contradictory OR guidelines case-by-case; leaves open standardization of the four configurations.
Codes and guidelines for the construction and equipping of operating rooms are provided by a variety of organizations and standard-setting groups. Among these groups are national safety organizations, committees of various interests in the building industry, and a number of federal agencies. These guidelines and suggestions are helpful in operating room hazard control, but are occasionally contradictory. Current designs of surgical suites generally follow a variant of four basic configurations with permutations, among them: (1) single corridor, (2) clean core, (3) cluster, and (4) peripheral corridor. Practical results of a number of tests are applicable to the design of patient transfer areas, materials handling, avoidance of cross-contamination between patients, air-handling systems and cabinetry.
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Harold Laufman (1973) reported a review. Guidelines for operating room hazard control are helpful but occasionally contradictory, with current surgical suite designs generally following four basic configurations.
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