When it became
clear that a dedi-
cated endourolo-
gy room at
Oregon Health
Sciences
University in
Portland wasn't
up to current
ergonomic stan-
dards, the facility faced a painful decision.
"We could not afford to have that room down for 3 or 4 months to have it remodeled
with standard [minimally invasive surgery] equipment," says Eugene Fuchs, MD, FACS, a
professor of urology at OHSU. "Fortunately, one of our OR supervisors recalled seeing a
display at an OR convention and proposed a different solution."
Instead of tearing the room apart and installing a ceiling boom, OHSU opted for a floor-
mounted boom. What could have been a real pain in the neck turned out to be a relative
breeze. "I literally operated Friday, and the following Monday the room was fully equipped
and ready to go," says Dr. Fuchs. "And at a fraction of the cost, I might add."
Like a ceiling boom, the floor-mounted version has several arms that can be used to
swing monitors into any position, allowing surgeons and staff to work with screens that
are directly in front of them, instead of having to look up, down, left and right.
The payoff? "It's made my work a lot easier," says Dr. Fuchs. "At the end of the day, I
don't seem to be as exhausted as I was when I was looking off to the side all the time."
— Jim Burger
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J U LY 2 0 1 5 | O U T P A T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T
FROM THE FLOOR UP
One Weekend, and Boom,
OR was Ergonomically Up-to-Date
z RIGHT HEIGHT A floor-mounted boom can be installed in a weekend.
Oregon
Health
Sciences
University
