OR Design Toolkit

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The Safe OR Design Tool supports clinicians, designers, and researchers in better understanding how to design a safer more ergonomic OR.

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Ancillary Spaces Layout Circulation Zone Anesthesia Zone Sterile Zone OR Table Doors Windows Storage Workstation Technology Furniture & Equipment Booms Interior Surfaces Lighting Scrub Sink Structural Systems

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This application has been optimized for Microsoft Windows-based display using WebGL compatible browsers. Currently, the application does not support for Internet Explorer/Edge/Safari or iOS devices (iPhone, iPads). If you are experiencing issues, such as the 3-D models not loading in the browser, it may that your browser is not WebGL2.0 compatible.

Disclaimer: The Safe OR Design tool is not intended to be a guarantee of a safe operating room environment; the environment is one part of a solution that includes operational policies and procedures and behavior of people. This tool is also not a comprehensive list of OR design requirements but provides a high-level overview of certain considerations and their relationship to desired outcomes.

The Safe OR Design tool been created with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant # P30 HS24380. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.