If you're doing retina cases, you also need a nitrogen line for the vit-
rectomy machine, in addition to the general anesthetic gases. The
positioning of the gases is important, because it can really help with
both the layout and the overall flow of the room. Ideally, equipment
should be a very short distance from where you're going to be plug-
ging it into the wall.
The layout should also make sense in relation to how you're going
to bring the bed into the room and where you're going to position it,
where staff will typically be, where the equipment is in relation to the
bed, where the outlets are and where you want to put wall-mounted
monitors. Be sure to scrutinize the layout with the room fully loaded
to make sure you have everything positioned properly.
• Equipment decisions. Design planning also needs to encompass
the special equipment
and supplies each oph-
thalmic specialty
requires. The cost to
outfit a typical OR for
cataract surgery is
between $350,000 and
$400,000, depending
on the equipment you
buy.
After looking at sur-
gical microscope
options, we decided to
go with mobile, floor-
based models, as
opposed to ceiling-
mounted scopes. The
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