Ongoing regulation and guideline updates mean that health care facilities have to be flexible, and highly sensitive areas, such as surgical suites, are certainly no exception. Surgical suites that integrate imaging equipment into their layouts, often called hybrid operating rooms (ORs), require an increasingly detailed design plan to accommodate their many features, such as computerized temography (CT) scanners, MRIs, and other cardiac cather-ization laboratory tools. Floor space, HVAC equipment, and wireless communication technologies - along with incorporating imaging equipment that typically only have five-year lifespans, are just a few of the myriad of factors that must be considered when planning a hybrid OR. With that in mind, it's critical to design these spaces with both current and future needs in mind. Here, we'll talk about the benefits of hybrid ORs as well as the challenges that arise when planning and designing them.
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