UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL SECOND FLOOR RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY
Project will roll out in phases to maintain current number of open ORs
A multiyear renovation project at UF Health Shands Hospital will modernize our ORs with new state-of-the-art equipment, expand our Pediatric and Adult Preoperative and Post Anesthesia Care Unit, or Pre-op/ PACU, suite and provide a new Pediatric Hybrid Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Electrophysiology Hybrid Lab. These renovations will help further update the hospital and improve our patient experience. In total, the project will renovate 82,000 square feet.
These new OR and Pre-op/PACU spaces will be the fourth generation of development and improvements to surgical services. They began with renovations to the outpatient UF Health Florida Surgical Center and improvements at the cancer hospital and heart and neuro hospitals. These changes included building improvements and technology updates.
Physicians and staff who will work in these renovated spaces partnered with designers and engineers. They used 3D computer modeling to create the most efficient placement of fixed equipment and to test different room configurations. Our teams bring tremendous knowledge and experience to the design process, which leads to spaces that support efficient performance.
RENOVATION PHASES FOR 2019
- MAY-AUGUST: Two new training rooms will be built to replace existing training rooms and make room for new OR locker rooms and a staff lounge.
- MAY-NOVEMBER: Renovation will begin for four ORs and the Pediatric Hybrid Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
- Existing training room 2147 will move to new Training Room 2160.
- Existing training room 2149 will move to new Training Room 2055.
- AUGUST: Conference Room 2154 will be vacated permanently to make space for the OR locker rooms.
- SEPTEMBER-MARCH: Construction will start on new OR locker rooms and a staff lounge.
The project will roll out in phases to maintain the current number of open ORs and avoid disruptions to surgical services. There should be little to no disruption to patients and families during renovations.
