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Spring 2008

Volume 1, Number 2

Surgery Suite Capacity and Preliminary Space Need

 

Component

Capacity

Department

Gross Square

Feet (DGSF)

Comments

       

Inpatient

Surgery Suite

800 to 900
annual cases
per OR

2,400 to 2,500
DGSF per OR

Only 250 to 300 cases per open-heart surgery operating room (OR) should be assumed.

Outpatient

Surgery Suite

1,250 to 1,500
annual cases
per OR

2,800 to 3,000
DGSF per OR

Dedicated outpatient surgery suite or freestanding ambulatory surgery center.

Combined Suite

1,000 to 1,250
annual cases
per OR

2,500 to 2,800
DGSF per OR

 

Assumes 60-70% outpatients.

Inpatient Holding

 

One cubicle
 per OR

Multiplied by the percentage of inpatients.

 

Outpatient/Same-Day Admit Prep and Holding

 

One cubicle
 per OR

Multiplied by the percentage of outpatient and same-day admit patients.

Recovery:

Inpatient/Same-Day Admit Patients

Outpatients

(Phase I)

Outpatients

(Phase II)

 

 

1.5 cubicles
 per OR

 

One cubicle

per OR

 

Varies

 

Multiplied by the percentage of inpatients and same-day admit patients.

 

Multiplied by the percentage of outpatients.

 

Daily outpatient cases multiplied by the average recovery time and divided by the number of hours that the suite is staffed.

 

       

Note: DGSF represents the "footprint" of a department or functional area and includes the net square feet of the individual rooms as well as the space occupied by internal circulation corridors, walls/partition, and minor utility shafts; DGSF excludes common areas such as shared public corridors and lobbies, elevator banks, stairwells, major mechanical spaces, and the space occupied by the building's exterior wall.

Source: SpaceMed Guide (Second Edition).

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