decision quickly leads to an equally pressing question: Should it work
from the top down, or from the ground up?
"What kind of ceiling does your OR have?" asks Arthur Ano, BSN,
RN, CNOR, CST, clinical educator for surgical services at Long Beach
(Calif.) Memorial Medical Center. "A hospital's old, reinforced ceiling
can probably support a ceiling-mounted boom. But an ASC occupying
a drop-ceilinged office space doesn't have that kind of ceiling."
Even if your ceilings are sufficiently high and supportive, boom
installation is hardly a plug-and-play process. It may require in-depth
renovation, which may require local authorities' approval, the con-
struction team's advance evaluation and, worst of all, expensive OR
downtime, says Mr. Ano, who previously served as his hospital's OR
manager during a surgical construction project. "Having to reinforce
the ceiling can be a huge ordeal," he notes.
"Most people just assume that if you want a ceiling-mounted boom,
you have to build it
into new construc-
tion," says Ms.
Lisieski, whose hospi-
tal is in the midst of a
10-OR addition that is
doing just that.
ORs that can't accom-
modate ceiling-mount-
ed booms aren't
excluded from the
equipment's efficien-
cies, though. Floor-
mounted booms can be
installed without tear-
ing up ceilings or even
room renovations, and
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