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Our Accredited Surgical Suite
We have completed our state of the art surgical suite in our office. Our surgical suite is accredited and certified at the highest level by The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities. This means that we meet and exceed stringent national standards for equipment, operating safety, personnel and surgeon credentials. We are certified to use any type of anesthesia for your operation in a totally safe environment. We work only with top board certified anesthesiologists.
Everyone who works in our operating room is licensed and certified. We have every piece of equipment necessary for various surgical procedures, for patient monitoring and safety; and all our equipment is regularly inspected.
Our surgical suite was built to meet operating room construction codes about dimensions, materials, layout and ventilation.
We adhere to the highest sterility and infection control standards. The surgical suite includes a fully equipped recovery room.
Our surgical suite is inspected regularly and we perform regular peer reviews.
All these facts are very important because New York State has no laws or regulations that control office surgery. In New York, any licensed doctor can perform office surgery in any space legally.
Some doctors perform office surgery even though they do not have hospital privileges to perform surgery in any hospital. Because there is no mandatory supervision, some office surgery is performed in unsafe environments.
In other states such as California and Florida, it is illegal to do office surgery in a facility that is not accredited but in New York, you have to be very careful where you have surgery. Make sure that the place is accredited. New York State has voluntary guidelines for office operating rooms but many offices do not meet these guidelines. |
