Operating Room

:Definition
An operating room (OR), also
called surgery center, is the
unit of a hospital where
surgical procedures are
performed

:Purpose
An operating room may be designed
and equipped to provide care to
patients with a range of conditions,
or it may be designed and equipped
to provide specialized care to
.patients with specific conditions

: Description

Operating rooms are sterile environments; all

personnel wear protective clothing called scrubs.
They also wear shoe covers, masks, caps, eye
shields, and other coverings to prevent the spread of
germs. The operating room is brightly lit and the
temperature is very cool; operating rooms are air. conditioned to help prevent infection
The patient is brought to the operating room on a
wheelchair or bed with wheels (called a gurney). The
patient is transferred from the gurney to the operating
table, which is narrow and has safety straps to keep
. him or her positioned correctly

The monitoring equipment and anesthesia

used during surgery are usually kept at
the head of the bed. The anesthesiologist
sits here to monitor the patient's condition
. during surgery
Depending on the nature of the surgery,
various forms of anesthesia or sedation
are administered. The surgical site is
cleansed and surrounded by a sterile
. drape
The instruments used during a surgical
procedure are different for external and
internal treatment; the same tools are not
used on the outside and inside of the
body. Once internal surgery is started, the
surgeon uses smaller, more delicate
. devices

:Operating room equipment

An operating room has special
equipment such as respiratory and
cardiac support, emergency
resuscitative devices, patient
. monitors, and diagnostic tools

:External wear
Scrubs are not as common in hospitals outside of
Canada and the United States. In most of Europe,
[citation needed] for example, nurses and midwives
mostly wear a uniform of tunic and trousers or a dress.
[citation needed] Doctors tend to wear street clothes
with a white coat except for surgery.[citation needed]
In the UK, all NHS hospital trusts have stringent
clothing policies, and many of these specifically forbid
the wearing of the iconic white coat for medical staff,
owing to infection control concerns. This has meant
that several hospitals around the UK have opted for
scrubs for staff, especially in Accident and Emergency
.departments
.

As an item of casual dress, scrubs have

gained acceptance outside of hospitals, for
example as pajamas, workout clothing or
loungewear. They are sometimes used by
backpackers in an effort to reduce weight load.
Large stencils with the hospital's name or logo
imprinted on them (commonly on pockets or at
knees) are designed to prevent theft due to
their increased popularity as casual wear

What Is the Operating

?Room
The operating room, sometimes called the
OR or surgery center, is where surgery
(say: sur-juh-ree) takes place in a
hospital. Having surgery is also called
having an operation. When someone has
surgery, a special doctor called a surgeon
(say: sur-jun) works on or inside the body
to fix something that is wrong

Who Are All Those

..?Masked People
To keep the OR germ free, the
people who work there wear caps
over their hair and masks over
their mouths and noses to avoid
spreading germs. They even wear
booties over their shoes! They
might all look alike, but everyone
.in the OR has a different job

What Happens on the Day

..?of Surgery
If you will be going to sleep for the surgery, you probably won't be able to eat breakfast. That's because having food or even water in your stomach can make it dangerous to give
.you anesthesia. You'll be told ahead of time what you can and can't eat or drink. After the operation, your doctor will give you the green light to eat and drink again
.You may be given some special medicine to drink just before you go into the operating room and go off to sleep. This medicine is to help make you feel very relaxed

..?What's the PACU

PACU stands for post-anesthesia care
unit. "Post" means "after," so you can
probably guess that the PACU is where
you go after your operation is done. This
is the "wake-up" room, and that's exactly
!what you'll be doing there waking up
A nurse will be there to see how you're
doing as you wake up. Often, your
parents are able to see you in post-op,
so when you wake up, they'll be there.
Other times, they may have to wait a
while, but you'll be able to see them
.soon

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