Surgical Performance and the Working Environment

Catchpole, K. R., & Alfred, M. C.

Publication Year:

2020

ABSTRACT

This chapter explores some of the interactions between the surgical working environment, human performance, infection control, and other surgical outcomes. It considers the properties necessary for a room that can appropriately support surgery, from different functions that need to be served, through design considerations and necessary trade-offs, to ventilation, lighting, and acoustics.

Citation:

Catchpole, K. R., & Alfred, M. C. (2020). Surgical Performance and the Working Environment. In Human Factors in Surgery (pp. 51-61). Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-53127-0_6