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Patient safety is the key consideration in the operating theater and, while this has been recognized for many years, the emphasis on the physical rather than the functional surgical environment has switched so that human factors are now recognized as being more important than the bricks and mortar in which the operating theater is housed. The relevance of each of these factors to patient safety will be considered separately.
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McHugh, P., Payne, S. (2012). Theatre Design and Patient Safety. In: Payne, S., Eardley, I., O'Flynn, K. (eds) Imaging and Technology in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2422-1_55
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