Optimum Sterilization Department Design in Low-Medium Healthcare Facilities

Khaled Sayed Ahmed; Fayroz Farouk Shereif

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Optimum Sterilization Department Design in Low-Medium Healthcare Facilities

Khaled Sayed Ahmed, Fayroz Farouk Shereif

Published in International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 9, Issue 2)

Received: 21 May 2023 Accepted: 8 June 2023 Published: 21 June 2023

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Abstract

Due to importance of sterilization department design and its relation to rest of sections in hospitals, selection of department location together with internal pathways are very critical issue in hospital design. To minimize the time of sterilization and comply with Infection control rules, the design of sterilization department should follow some specs and guidelines that to facilitate the operation processes and to have maximum effectiveness. In this research, some designs have been studied considering the hospital capacities (Low and medium), available space area for department, operating theater department (number of operating rooms), waste management in addition to sterilization equipment capacities that to optimize the required spaces and area that fit the needed guidelines. The results of this study are to evaluate the current designs and their relations to different departments and indicate the important points of design in addition to illustrating the optimum design for area and cost after applying logistic regression. The results reveal that hospitals with under 100 patient beds capacity and with a maximum of four operating rooms can fit their required functions and guidelines in only two sub-sections areas of CSSD in about 35-50 M2. The two sub-sections are one area for decontamination and washing and the second area is for packing and sterilization together with storage area.

Published in	International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 9, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijbecs.20230902.12
Page(s)	24-29
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Operating Room Design, Waste Management, Hospital Capacity, Available Area

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Khaled Sayed Ahmed; Fayroz Farouk Shereif. Optimum Sterilization Department Design in Low-Medium Healthcare Facilities. Int. J. Biomed. Eng. Clin. Sci. 2023, 9(2), 24-29. doi: 10.11648/j.ijbecs.20230902.12

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Khaled Sayed Ahmed, Fayroz Farouk Shereif. Optimum Sterilization Department Design in Low-Medium Healthcare Facilities. Int J Biomed Eng Clin Sci. 2023;9(2):24-29. doi: 10.11648/j.ijbecs.20230902.12

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Khaled Sayed Ahmed

Biomedical Department, Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Fayroz Farouk Shereif

Computers and System Department, Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt

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Khaled Sayed Ahmed, Fayroz Farouk Shereif. Optimum Sterilization Department Design in Low-Medium Healthcare Facilities. Int J Biomed Eng Clin Sci. 2023;9(2):24-29. doi: 10.11648/j.ijbecs.20230902.12

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