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Construction
A
dvanced technologies in
health care surgical suites
are driving modernizations
in design and subsequent
changes in construction.
These include changes in operating
room design, spatial requirements
and demands on mechanical and
electrical systems.
For construction
project success, it
is critical to iden-
tify risks and mini-
mize the impact
of construction
activities to return
the operating room
to use and revenue
generation as soon
as possible.
Reducing trauma
to the patient by
using minimally
invasive tech-
niques for surgery
is a driver of these advancements.
An example of this emerging tech-
nology is the hybrid operating room,
which allow patients to undergo
both surgical and interventional pro-
cedures at the same time. Referred
to as “hybrid,” “integrated,” “uni-
versal” or “smart,” these advanced
operating rooms give surgeons new
flexibility by coupling traditional
surgical capabilities with the latest
imaging modalities.
An example of this is the new
Advanced Multimodality Image-
Guidance Operating suite installed
recently at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital. In these rooms traditional
operating equipment is combined
with advanced imaging equipment
including CT, C-Arm, ultrasound,
Pet-CT and MRI that provide real
time information. A provision of the
interventional OR is a bigger foot-
print. Such rooms often combine
two to three existing rooms to meet
the spatial needs of the additional
equipment. With AMIGO, the MRI is
located in an adjacent room and can
slide into the operating room via a
ceiling-mounted track system.
According to an October 2015
study published by Acute Market
Reports, the global hybrid OR market
is expected to grow at a compound
annual rate of 16.66 percent from
2015 to 2021, and 75 percent of car-
diovascular surgeons are expect-
ing to be working in a hybrid OR by
2018.
From our experience in building
Chad Cleveland
Project executive,
Catamount
Constructors Inc.,
Denver
The renovated Presbyterian St. Luke’s Operation Room No. 9, which shows the technology in use.
