Theatre walls

RE: Theatre walls

Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 15:47:29 GMT

What are you guys doing in theatre that keeps covering the walls or needs a drain in the floor?!

Ours are painted in 'tough' paint but not sure we've had to clean anything off them in the 6 months we've been in. A caesarian or GDV does make a bit of mess, but nothing I'd want to slush into a drain. V top table catches most mess. It is a good sized theatre, maybe in cheek to cheek with the nurse then might be more of an issue.

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David Mills — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 01:17:13 GMT

Yep plastic walls best as others have said. Dream to keep clean.

Drakn? Yep. Keep on flat. Away from table. Improves compliance with cleaning.

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Lindsey Edwards — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 20:32:51 GMT

I would no have a drain in theatre and only in scrub area if completely isolated from theatre which may defeat purpose? Drained tables to catch as much spills as possible and ensuring as much as possible is raised off floor [cupboards floating 9-12" above floor) or mobile so everything can be moved for easy and full mopping; cove floors around any fixed objects.

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Beats — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:43:08 GMT

Can I piggyback to ask those designing theatres what you do re drainage? Obviously want to be able to clean floor down, but also don't want a cess-pit of a drain contaminating theatre air. How do folks practically deal with drainage in their operating theatre designs? Have it outside the theatre door and have theatre floor gently slanted to let water run out that way into adjoining scrub room? Avoid a drainage and just avoid getting floor that wet and then towel dry? Have a "special" medical drain that is easy bleached and doesn't harbour nasties? Other obvious suggestion I'm missing? This'll learn me for never helping the nurses clean the theatre floor in previous clinics I worked in or I might have paid more attention to how they were designed with both cleaning and asepsis in mind!

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Joyce Whitehead — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:03:25 GMT

We have PVC gloss sheets, they have joins but with a hygienic seal so can be wiped down or even steam cleaned. Fitted by our local joiner who had fitted the same in the local butcher/abattoir for the same wipe clean reason. Ours have been up around 8 years and still look great. And no painting required.

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Eilidh Mathews — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:47:52 GMT

Thanks, will look into it. Unfortunately, some walls are plasterboard so this probably won't be appropriate. Any other thoughts anyone?

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peewit — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:50:55 GMT

We've now had two surgeries done with 'Protectorseal' https://www.kemtile.co.uk/products/protectorseal.shtml

It's not cheap but is seamless, nurse proof and vet proof. We have all our clinical areas done in it and even the thickest day old anal gland contents wipe off with one wipe.