Surgery in UC Hospital operating room, 1924. This photograph from 1924, taken in one of the operating rooms at the University of California Hospital (present day UCSF), is spare and almost austere.

Providing adequate ventilation is a very important part of a patient’s wellbeing in a health care setting. Maintaining a high level of indoor air quality (IAQ) has become an increasing challenge for ...

Having cosmetic surgery, though often considered a vanity, still demands the same operating room standards as those in hospitals. A clean sterile environment, equipment, a skilled surgeon and surgical ...

Anyone entering the operating rooms of the Martini-Klinik at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, UKE) through the sluice corridor enters a world ...