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off the quote, IT sourced and installed an HD one, and we ensured
HD broadcast and recording capabilities.
Stay on top of the install
We've all experienced a poor initial install at one time or another. I
can tell you what to look for, based on what I've seen. To start: When
you have blueprints from the construction manager, and he says
they're to scale, do your own measuring to double-check. It was on
the day of the final walk-through that we learned our new OR lights
with integrated cameras would go over patients' heads — not the
chest area, as had been specified. We had to wait 4 weeks for the
manufacturer to ship in OR light arm extensions.
Get your IT team on board right away. They speak the technical language, and should be your right-hand guide. Then get out of the way
while the construction and project managers do their jobs. Our install
per OR was 2 to 3 days. If you choose to go with, say, just a headset
and monitor integration, the install should take about a day. Involve
the surgeon and the rest of the OR team, and your biomedical engineering department, if you have one. Bring this group in for a runthrough to spot tweaks that will make everyday OR life easier.
Do more than open surgery
Cameras from above — whether ceiling-, boom-, light- or headsetmounted — are a straightforward way to capture open general proce1 2 8
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