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.
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
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
Cath / EP Lab & Interventional Procedure Rooms
Endoscopy Suite & Scope Reprocessing
Hybrid OR & Intraoperative-Imaging Integration
Standard OR Design, Size & Clearances
FGI / AORN / AIA Surgical Design Standards