Surgical Suite Hold for Cleaning

When you need to hold the capacity of a room until it has been cleaned and setup for the next procedure. The setup is done post operation for every entity that has a procedure.

This object is designed to handle a single Pre Op / Phase II servicing a single type of Procedure Room. The model object could easily be adjusted to handle multiple patient streams requiring unique rooms.

Surgical Suite - Hold for Cleaning model image

Where to Find the Model Object

The following model object can be found in the model objects directory:

  • Misc \ Surgical Suite Hold for Cleaning

Difficulty Level

  • Ease of Use: Moderate
  • Ease of Modification: Moderate

How to Use the Model Object

  1. Open Your Model: Open your model or create a new blank model.
  2. Insert the Model Object into Your Model
    1. Locate the model object Surgical Suite Hold for Cleaning and select the insert button.
    2. Move the cursor to the point of insertion and left mouse-click. The upper left corner of the model object will be inserted at the location of the mouse-click.
  3. Update Objects
    1. Move the model object so that is positioned appropriately to match with your model.
    2. In the action logic of PreOp / Recovery change the Pre Op Time and the Recovery time.update time for pre-op in Surgical Suite
    3. Change the Perform Surgery Time.change perform surgery time in Surgical Suite
    4. Change the Clean Surgical Suite Time.update time in clean surgical in Surgical Suite
    5. Change the Release Patient and Clean PreOp /Recovery Room Time.update time on Release Patient in Surgical Suite
  4. Define Values: Define the values for scenario parameters s_NumPreOp_Rooms, s_NumP_Rooms, s_Num_Janitorial based on the information provided under the heading Scenario Parameters below. The values for these Scenario Parameters must be provided before the simulation start.