The surgical and procedural platform — OR and procedure-room design, the sterile core and sterile/soiled flow, and the pre-op and PACU recovery sequence. These Articles cover surgical suite adjacencies and sterile-processing integration, surgical-site-infection and fire/laser safety, terminal clean and air-balance commissioning, and the instrument build-out and block-schedule readiness for first case.

Operating Room Activation And Safety

Equipment/Instrument Activation & Tray Build-Out

Operational Readiness, Block-Schedule & Turnover Workflow

Surgical-Site Infection Control & Fire/Laser Safety

Terminal Clean, Air-Balance & First-Case Commissioning

Operating Room Program And Zoning

Pre-Op, PACU, Phase-II Recovery & Family Flow

Restricted / Semi-Restricted / Unrestricted Zoning & Flow

Sterile Processing Adjacency & Sterile/Soiled Flow

Surgical Suite Program, OR Count & Procedure Mix

Operating Room Rooms And Clinical Requirements

Cath / EP Lab & Interventional Procedure Rooms

Endoscopy Suite & Scope Reprocessing

Hybrid OR & Intraoperative-Imaging Integration

Standard OR Design, Size & Clearances

Operating Room Systems Equipment And Codes

FGI / AORN / AIA Surgical Design Standards

HVAC, Pressurization & ASHRAE 170 Compliance

Medical Gas, Booms, Lights & Surgical Integration Systems