LMH HEALTH WEST CAMPUS
Completing the new West Campus in 2020, Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH Health) continues to expand on their mission of providing exceptional patient care for all. The almost 250,000 square-foot facility primarily offers outpatient services—including surgery, physical and occupational therapy, women’s health center and more.
Shield, in partnership with local architecture and design firm Pulse Design Group, developed a variety of custom, solid surface solutions for LMH Health’s new facility. Product types ranging from interlocking pass-through cabinets to waterproof hydrotherapy casework were designed with clinical efficiency, patient safety and lifetime value in-mind.
Scope of Work (At a Glance):
Operating Rooms (ORs) |Interlocking Pass-through Cabinets + Documentation Stations
Surgical Pathology Lab (Path Lab) | Acrylic Solid Surface Casework with Countertops
Hydrotherapy Room | Acrylic Solid Surface Casework with Countertops
Revolutionary new design improves efficiency and safety in operating rooms
A key improvement to LMH Health’s Surgery Center was the installation of solid surface pass-through cabinets to support their new operating rooms layout. Due to the high-volume, rapid turnover nature of LMH Health’s surgery schedule, efficiency and sterilization were top priority in the development of this space.
Shield Casework's interlocking pass-through cabinets allow nurses or supply liaisons to resupply the next surgery while the current surgery is ongoing, most importantly, without “breaking the field” or compromising the sterility of the operating room. Transparent doors allows the supply captain to easily monitor storage levels (items like gauze, sutures, etc.) at a glance; while the pass-through design of the cabinets enables them to restock immediately, streamlining the process versus having to wait until the case is complete.
Besides basic ease of use for the hospital staff, the pass-through cabinets have a direct impact on the surgery schedule. With a normal lag of 10–20 minutes between surgeries, eliminating stocking the cabinets from the post-op list enables staff to focus on just sterilizing the room, in-turn saving time. By taking back approximately 10 minutes per surgery, four surgeries per day, then LMH Health is able to accommodate one additional surgery per day in each of the six ORs.
People have talked about OR pass-throughs for years, but they haven't been able to maintain the pressurization and they haven't had cabinets of a material that helps mitigate risk. The specific workflow and flow of the supplies is the revolutionary component...We would not be able to execute the design effectively without Shield's solid surface solution.
Basil sherman
Pulse Design Group
Understanding the Operating Room Flow
Acrylic solid surface casework delivers superior performance, for life
In addition to the operating rooms, LMH brought the superior performance of acrylic solid surface into their surgical pathology laboratories, hydrotherapy rooms, and soiled rooms.
The surgical path lab provides post-operative services to section and analyze samples removed during surgery from patients. Labs are notoriously messy, so the benefit of using a casework system that can be truly seamless—unlike stainless steel, lab-grade phenolic, traditional millwork, or even national modular lines—is that accidents and spills can easily be cleaned and maintained without causing irreperable damage to the units.
Bleach-cleanable and renewable to a like-new factory finish for life, acrylic solid surface casework, furniture, and custom architectural products helps maximize the ROI of your facility capital investments.
