2018 FGI Guidelines Webinar: Appropriate Room Use, Part 1—Exam, Procedure, and Operating Rooms
Channel: Facility Guidelines Institute
Date: 2022-07-27

Presenters: Bryan Langlands, AIA, FACHA, EDAC, LEED GA, NBBJ, and David Shapiro, MD, CHC, CHCQM, CHPRM, LHRM, CASC, Red Hills Surgical Center

Description: This is the first of a two-part webinar intended to clarify when to apply the FGI Guidelines requirements for exam, procedure, operating, and imaging rooms. There’s much confusion as to what’s required to support anesthesia equipment in procedure and operating rooms, including when anesthesia is needed and what infrastructure is required when anesthesia is applied by patient type rather than procedure type. As a result, procedures are sometimes performed in spaces that may not support the level of intervention involved. FGI’s 2018 Health Guidelines Revision Committee made a concerted effort to align the definition and application of requirements for the various room types where procedures take place. This realignment was based on the level of invasiveness of the procedure and perceived level of risk to the patient. This webinar will help health care designers determine when a procedure or operating room is required and how to apply new clearances to support anesthesia equipment when it is used in these rooms.

This webinar will enable viewers to:

1) Recognize the importance of learning from health care organizations what procedures are planned for procedure and operating rooms to be designed.
2) Predict procedure and operating room design needs based on the degree of invasiveness or risk to the patient of procedures to be performed in the room.
3) Explain how performing a safety risk assessment will help health care organizations and designers create procedure and operating rooms appropriate for the procedures to be performed in them.
4) Take the lead in this new approach to determining design needs for procedure and operating rooms, working with a project team that includes clinicians who will be using the finished facility.

*Please note that continuing education credit is no longer available for this webinar.