The document discusses the operation theatre, including its definition, history, equipment, and sterilization processes. An operation theatre is a sterile facility in a hospital where surgeries are performed. Historically, it referred to a non-sterile amphitheater where students could observe surgeries. The operation theatre is equipped with items like operating tables, monitors, anesthesia machines, surgical lights, and tools to aid surgeons and sterilize the environment between procedures.

1. Operation Theatre.
Presented by:
1) S.Chandra Prakash
2) Rohith Sirpa
III B.Tech BME, BVRIT.

2. CONTENTS
• DEFINITION
• HISTORY
• SURGOEN AND ASSISTANT EQUIPMENT
• OPERATING ROOM EQUIPMENT
• STERILIZATION AND DECONTAMINATION
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3. What is a “Operation Theatre” ?
Operation Theatre is a facility within
a hospital where surgical operations are
carried out in a sterile environment.
Historically, the term "operating theatre"
referred to a non-sterile, tiered
theater or amphitheater in which students
and other spectators could watch surgeons
perform surgery.
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4. Old Operation Theatre.
The Agnew Clinic, 1889, by Thomas Eakins, showing the observers watching the operation.
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5. SURGEON & ASSISTANT EQUIPMENT
1. Surgical gloves.
It prevents contamination between doctor & patients
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6. 2. Caps
Protective cap covering hair.
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7. 3. Glasses
Surgeon with magnifying lenses over his glasses. These lenses magnify the
area being operated on, allowing precise surgery to be carried out.
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8. 4. Mask
A surgical mask is intended to be worn by health
professionals during surgery and during nursing to catch the bacteria shed
in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.
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9. 5. Apron/ Surgical Dress.
Protects from blood stains etc..
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10. OPERATING ROOM EQUIPMENT
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11. 1. OPERATING TABLE
Multi-Purposed Side Controlled Operating Table
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12. 2. Monitors.
 Monitors display different output parameters of the patient which help
the doctor in diagnosing.
 Ex: ECG monitor.
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13. Other Monitors.
PULSE OXIMETRY
BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITOR
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14. 3. Anaesthesia Machine
 Assists patients breathing during surgery.
 Invented by: William T. G. Morton on 16 October 1846
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15. 4. Heart Lung Machine.
 Invented by: John Heysham Gibbon in 1937.
 The first heart lung bypass machine was first used on a human in 1953.
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16. 5. Surgical Ceiling Lights
 Surgical Light is a medical device intended to assist medical personnel
during a surgical procedure by illuminating a local area or cavity of
the patient.
 It was first used in 1880’s.
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17. STERILIZATION & DECONTAMINATION
OF SURGICAL THEATRES
 Why?
1. Cleaning removes contaminants, dust, organic matter.
2. Disinfection reduces number of microbes.
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18. Fumigation Process.
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19. Other Procedures.
 Washing Hands.
 Cleaning the floor.
 Planning and management of hospital
laundry.
 Environmental cleaning (Gases Exchange)
etc…
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20. References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_theat
er
• http://www.peerlesshospital.com/services/ot.
html
• www.slideshare.net/doctorao/operation-
theatre
• http://www.amhmagazine.com/article.php?ar
ticle_id=992
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