Operating room design process (tech.): From the view of building design
Nurmi, Wille (2021)
Nurmi, Wille
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104074325
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104074325
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Designing a new operating room is a complex and long process. The design of operating rooms must consider structures (walls, doors, windows etc.), technology (ventilation, electricity, automation etc.) and user expectations (functional design). Combining all of these brings challenges to the process. When designing operating rooms for a new building, the process is also long lasting and usually takes up to several years, as the design of the operating rooms goes within the building design schedule. As a result, when operating rooms are completed, they may no longer serve the best possible need of present.
The aim of the research was to explore how the current operating room design process looks like when building design process is used as the reference process. The study also addressed the design process comparison from the perspective of the traditional implementation of the operating room and the modular / turnkey operating room.
This study was conducted to address standard or universal operating room. Hybrid or other operating room with special purposes was not considered in this study.
The quantitative study was carried out conducting an internet survey and the data was collected from experienced technical hospital designers and medical professionals.
Results showed that the design process is not clear, and it varies according to the type of project. There seems to be almost as many design processes for the operating room as there are type of projects, designers, end users, and builders. The type of construction project affects the design process and the clear boundary seems to be very volatile between certain design stages, e.g. proposal design and general design. According to the results, it can only be estimated whether the design and principle decisions of something is made at the beginning or towards the end of the project. On a rough level most of the design and principle decisions seems to be made in early stages of the project, either project planning, proposal design or general design phase.
Comparison of the traditional way of operating room implementation and modular / turnkey operating room design process revealed that it is very similar in most of the technology areas.
The aim of the research was to explore how the current operating room design process looks like when building design process is used as the reference process. The study also addressed the design process comparison from the perspective of the traditional implementation of the operating room and the modular / turnkey operating room.
This study was conducted to address standard or universal operating room. Hybrid or other operating room with special purposes was not considered in this study.
The quantitative study was carried out conducting an internet survey and the data was collected from experienced technical hospital designers and medical professionals.
Results showed that the design process is not clear, and it varies according to the type of project. There seems to be almost as many design processes for the operating room as there are type of projects, designers, end users, and builders. The type of construction project affects the design process and the clear boundary seems to be very volatile between certain design stages, e.g. proposal design and general design. According to the results, it can only be estimated whether the design and principle decisions of something is made at the beginning or towards the end of the project. On a rough level most of the design and principle decisions seems to be made in early stages of the project, either project planning, proposal design or general design phase.
Comparison of the traditional way of operating room implementation and modular / turnkey operating room design process revealed that it is very similar in most of the technology areas.