The facility must comply with the following:- One or more rooms for the treatment and pre-operative preparation of patients, which must be conveniently close to the operating room; A separate room is equipped as an operating room and has: Adequate general lighting, as well as an adequate light source for procedures; A surgical table with an impervious operating surface that can be easily cleansed and disinfected; An adequate supply of oxygen; A gas anaesthetic apparatus or a means of effectively administering oxygen through an endotracheal tube, ambu-bag or mask; A means of viewing radiographs; and Adequate ventilation. The operating room must be of adequate size and must be an adequate supply of sterile equipment, drapes and instruments at all times. may be no thoroughfare through an operating room during a surgical procedure being performed. The operating room may not be used as a storage room. Patients should be prepared in a separate room convenient to the theatre (operating room) but not in the same place as where surgery takes place. Only preparation of the patient may be done in the operating room. Aseptic conditions must be maintained in the operating room. must be appropriate autoclave equipment or other suitable sterilising equipment or techniques, or access thereto, for the effective sterilisation of surgical packs and other equipment and have adequate storage for sterilised packs and employ acceptable techniques to indicate the effectiveness and expiry of sterilisation. Suitable scrubbing up facilities must be available.
The facility must comply with the following:- One or more rooms for the treatment and pre-operative preparation of patients, which must be conveniently close to the operating room; A separate room is equipped as an operating room and has: Adequate general lighting, as well as an adequate light source for procedures; A surgical table with an impervious operating surface that can be easily cleansed and disinfected; An adequate supply of oxygen; A gas anaesthetic apparatus or a means of effectively administering oxygen through an endotracheal tube, ambu-bag or mask; A means of viewing radiographs; and Adequate ventilation. The operating room must be of adequate size and must be an adequate supply of sterile equipment, drapes and instruments at all times. may be no thoroughfare through an operating room during a surgical procedure being performed. The operating room may not be used as a storage room. Patients should be prepared in a separate room convenient to the theatre (operating room) but not in the same place as where surgery takes place. Only preparation of the patient may be done in the operating room. Aseptic conditions must be maintained in the operating room. must be appropriate autoclave equipment or other suitable sterilising equipment or techniques, or access thereto, for the effective sterilisation of surgical packs and other equipment and have adequate storage for sterilised packs and employ acceptable techniques to indicate the effectiveness and expiry of sterilisation. Suitable scrubbing up facilities must be available.
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