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Your work isn't
done when you
decide which video
system to pur-
chase. In fact, the
hard work is just
beginning. Plan for
the installation of
new monitors and
related compo-
nents and schedule it smartly, or you could be without an OR for
an extended period.
"We don't operate over the weekend, so we upgraded one
room at time over 5 or 6 weekends to make sure we didn't
interrupt patient flow," says James Stannard, MD, medical
director of the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute in Columbia,
which recently added 4K imaging to its ORs. The vendor needed
most of the weekend to redo a single OR because they had to
redo the wiring that connects the monitors to equipment booms.
Mark Chudow, RN, CNOR, clinical materials manager at the
University of South Florida Endoscopy and Surgery Center in
Tampa, recently oversaw the upgrading of the video systems in
his facility's 4 ORs from first-generation HD monitors to updated
HD monitors with higher pixel rates.
There's an advantage to retrofitting your ORs with the same
brand of imaging technology you currently use, says Mr. Chudow.
Because he opted to re-up with the maker of his facility's current
Limit Disruptions During Installation
• DOWN TIME Adding or upgrading video monitors is a labor-intensive job that can
disrupt your surgical schedule.
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