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5 Innovations in Infection Prevention - June 2018 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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J U N E 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 7 9 T hinking of stepping into the world of OR integration? Being able to route video images anywhere in the room with the touch of a screen or a voice command is the ultimate in high-tech efficiency, but tread lightly. The installation is complex and costly — between $50,000 and $75,000 per OR, our recent reader survey found — and it can rarely be done within a typical IT infrastructure. This month, 241 Outpatient Surgery readers weighed in on OR inte- gration. Slightly more than half of them have integrated ORs in their facilities; the typical facility manager with integrated ORs oversees 5 Outpatient Surgery Editors Thumbs Up On OR Integration The systems are pricey and sometimes unreliable, but overall, facility managers love them. • SEAMLESS INTEGRATION Integrated ORs feed clinically relevant information directly to the OR — all without disrupting the sterile field.

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