Theatre service centre : report of the Theatre Service Centre Committee on an experiment carried out in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh during 1964-65 on the design, equipment, and organization of a theatre service centre.
- Scotland. South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board. Theatre Service Centre Committee.
- Date:
- 1965
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Theatre service centre : report of the Theatre Service Centre Committee on an experiment carried out in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh during 1964-65 on the design, equipment, and organization of a theatre service centre. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![13. SUPPLEMENTARY PACK PREPARATION AREA _ The pack assembly area accommodates Remploy storage shelving and two 4 by 2 by 3 ft. (122 by 61 by 91-5 cm.) high wooden packing trolleys with shelves below. The Remploy shelving is 13 ft. (396 cm.) wide, 2 ft. (61 cm.) deep, and 6 ft. (183 cm.) high, with five shelves. The back is closed with hardboard and the front is covered by roller blinds. The packs and pack contents are listed in Kardex files kept in the packing area. 14. SOFT STORES AREA Two 21 ft. (640 cm.) lengths of Remploy shelving are arranged in parallel with 50 in. (127 cm.) transit space between. Each length is 6 ft. (183 cm.) high and includes. five shelves of 30 in. (76 cm.) depth. To provide access from both sides of the shelves, roller blinds are fitted on both sides of each 21 ft. (640 cm.) length. As additional storage accommodation there is a length of Remploy shelving, 5 ft. (152 cm.) wide, with 12 in. (30-5 cm.) deep shelves. 15. LINEN REPAIR AREA Each of the two linen folding trolleys is made of wood 4 by 2 by 3 ft. (183 by 61 by 91-5 cm.) high with shelf below. The linen inspection table is 3 ft. (91-5 cm.) high and has a 6 by 4 ft. (183 by 122 cm.) working top, in the centre of which there is a 27 by 24 in. (68-5 by 61 cm.) frosted-glass window fitted flush with the working surface; illumination is effected by strip lights in a box below the window. The sewing machine table is 30 in. (76 cm.) high with a 64 by 3 ft. (204 by 91-5 cm.) wooden working surface. 16. STERILIZING AREA (Plate 12) In the Central Sterilization Department of the hospital a Drayton Castle high pre-vacuum dressing sterilizer with a 26 by 26 by 36 in. (66 by 66 by 91-5 cm.) chamber is used for the sterilization of the trays. To allow the sterilization of five full-size trays during each sterilizing run, the chamber is fitted with four shelves each having a condensate drain underneath; the drains slope downwards to one or other side of the chamber in order to prevent drips of condensate from the lower surface of a tray above wetting a tray below. In order to permit planned maintenance and to allow for the occasional breakdown, it is essential to have a second sterilizing chamber fitted with the necessary shelves and. condensate drains. 17. PROCESSED STORES AREA For sterile tray storage there is a cupboard 19 ft. 8 in. (600 cm.) long, 5 ft. 9 in. (175 cm.) high, and 25 in. (63-5 cm.) deep, with free access by four double doors to seven shelves giving eight 74 in. (19 cm.) loading spaces running the full length of the cupboard. For sterile packs there are four 26 in. (66 cm.) deep open shelves occupying a space 11 ft. 4 in. (345 cm.) long and 5 ft. high. For labelling the shelves of trays and packs, coloured P.V.C. tape stamped by a Dymo Tapewriter is used. Experience suggests that the amount of central storage space provided is only slightly generous for the trays and packs required for three general surgical theatres. 18. STERILE TRAY AND PACK DELIVERY TRUCK (STERILIZATION TRUCK) | . The truck consists of a closed aluminium cabinet with one shelf on 9 in. (23 cm.) diameter sprung wheels. The length is 48 in. (122 cm.), the width 26 in. (66 cm.), and the height 25 in. (63:5 cm.). Wide double doors on each side expose the whole of the interior. 4]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32183045_0067.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
