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Archive >  ORX Highlights 2011

Is It Time to Remodel Your ORs?

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

Alyson Cole, MPM, knows a thing or two about what makes surgical spaces tick. The administrative director of operations and perioperative services at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has managed 6 perioperative construction projects in the past 4 years, totaling 66,000 square feet of added operational space. On the conference's final day, she highlighted her top 6 elements of effective OR designs:

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