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P R O D U C T S &
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ROOM SERVICE Combine properly designed operating rooms with the right equipment to improve patient and staff safety.
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What Makes an OR Safe?
Give your surgical team the
tools they need to protect
themselves and their patients.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
Can you tell just by looking if your ORs are safe havens for your surgeons, staff and patients? We talked to leaders at a few of the nation's busiest facilities to find out the outward signs of a safe suite.
There's no clutter
John R. T. Monson, MBBCh, MD, gets frustrated when it's difficult to walk from one side of the OR table to the other. "It's generally challenging because of the amount of equipment that's around," says the chief of the division of colorectal surgery and vice chair of the department of surgery at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.