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General Considerations:
- location minimizes traffic/contamination
- functional components (surgical support, animal preparation, surgeon scrub, operating room, postoperative recovery) are designed and separated (physically or otherwise) according to the Guide
- appropriate drug storage, control, expiration date monitoring
- safe sharps disposal system
- adequate records of anesthesia and perioperative care
- aseptic procedures in use for all survival surgery
Operating Room:
- effective contamination control procedures
- effective cleaning procedures/dedicated tools
- interior surfaces smooth and impervious to moisture
- HVAC system meets Guide requirements
- lighting safe and appropriate
- outlets safe and appropriate
- scavenging of anesthetic gases implemented
- warning signs posted where needed
- fixed equipment is sanitizable
Surgical support:
- facility for washing, sterilizing, storing instruments & supplies
- autoclave monitoring procedures are implemented
- storage of autoclaved materials maintains sterility
- cold sterilization procedures are appropriate
Animal preparation: contains large sink to facilitate cleaning of animal and operative site
Surgeon scrub: outside operating room, non-hand-operated sink
Postoperative recovery: allows adequate observation, easily cleaned, supports physiologic functions, minimizes risk of injury
Dressing area: place for personnel to change
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