Perioperative Nursing Services
The Perioperative (Surgical) Nursing Services units are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week at UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital and 12 hours a day at UK Good Samaritan Hospital and the Center for Advanced Surgery. The endoscopy units at Chandler and Good Samaritan are staffed 12 and 10 hours per day, respectively.
- The Perioperative Services Department operates in 51 operating rooms in multiple locations.
- About 2,300 patients of all ages have surgery each month at UK HealthCare, including outpatient and inpatient procedures.
- Perioperative Nursing Services consists of:
- Center for Advanced Surgery (CAS)
- Chandler major operating room (OR)
- Good Samaritan Hospital operating rooms
- Two endoscopy units with intake and recovery capacity
- Two preoperative anesthesia clinics
- 21 operating room suites
- Three post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) recovery rooms
- Three central sterile processing areas
- A materials management supplies area
Facilities by Location
Chandler Hospital campus:
- 32 operating rooms and one procedure room
- State-of-the-art operating suites with the most advanced robotic technology and specialty rooms for cardiac, neurology, urology, vascular, transplant and pediatrics
Good Samaritan campus:
- 11 operating rooms
- Handles vast array of surgical cases
Center for Advanced Surgery:
- Eight operating rooms
- Provides expertise in the care of patients whose surgery can be performed in the ambulatory setting
Services
The Perioperative Services Department is a cross-disciplinary department providing services in:
- Otolaryngology
- Gynecology
- Orthopedics
- Sports medicine
- Plastic/reconstructive surgery
- Oral/maxillofacial surgery
- Pediatrics
- Cardiothoracic
- Vascular
- Ophthalmology
- Urology
- Trauma
- Podiatry
- Minimally invasive surgery
- General surgery
- Psychiatric
- Heart, lung, kidney and liver transplant