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6 If You Build It, They Will Come
Our brand new surgery center
attracts surgeons and patients alike.
Jacob Hutchins, MD
10 Total Joints Are Jumping
We opened a brand new surgery center
to keep up with skyrocketing demand.
Jeannette Moretti, RN, BSN, CNOR
17 Why We Renovated for Outpatient Spine
Our surgery center expanded into a
rehabbed facility for a fraction of what
new construction would have cost.
Rob Gagnon
24 Redesign & Reinvent
Your Reprocessing Room
The central sterile department at St. Cloud
Hospital is a high-tech, staff-friendly wonder.
Mark Voigt
33 ORs Built for Speed
Combining the latest technologies with a
functional design improves clinical efficiencies.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
39 Don't Go It Alone
Choose the advisors and consultants
to make your project a success.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
44 A Roadmap to OR Integration
Follow these steps to unlock the power
of technologically advanced surgical care.
Brenda Kendall-Bailey, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR
50 Build Rooms With Eye-Popping Views
The right visualization system puts
the finishing touch on your OR upgrade.
Jim Burger | Senior Editor
57 Navigate the New Life Safety Codes
Tips to ensure your project complies
with CMS's detailed requirements.
Sandy Berreth, RN, BS, MS, CASC
62 Check Out Every Detail of Your ORs
— Before They're Built
Q&A with Will Adams, M.Arch.,
master architect and guru of virtual reality design.
To Our Readers
Is your current facility designed and outfitted to maximize perioperative efficiencies,
optimize clinical outcomes and promote patient-centered care? If not, it might be time
to draw up plans for a facility makeover or pour the foundation on a new building project. We hope the Manager's Guide to
Surgical Construction sparks a few design ideas and highlights the importance of working in spaces where patients want to
come and surgeons want to operate.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN
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