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Hospital design - an ergonomic debacle
Planning the OR - Powerpoint+notes
What surgeons want in the design of their operating rooms
What nurses want in the design of their operating rooms
A planning method which improves communication between architects and users of their plans
Checklist for contents of an OR

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The design of hospitals, and in particular that of Operating Rooms (ORs) remains a problem.

Architects often do not know the details of the work done in them, and what the functional requirements are.

Surgeons and nurses both complain bitterly about the shortfalls of design if only given the chance.

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