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Hospitals around the world have invested heavily in advanced surgical technologies over the past decades. Devices perform reliably, digital capabilities continue to expand, and clinical expertise remains high. The expectation is clear: these investments shall create long-term value – through stable operations, efficient use of resources, and the ability to adapt to future requirements.

Fatigue, musculoskeletal strain, and workflow disruptions remain common realities in the operating room. While these issues are often discussed in relation to individual devices, their root causes usually lie elsewhere: in how the operating room is configured as a working environment.

Today, numerous devices, systems, and data sources come together in the operating room – often without seamless connectivity. In daily clinical practice, this leads to fragmented workflows, manual intermediate steps, and increased coordination effort. Integrated OR systems address exactly this issue by bringing devices, data, and processes together within a unified structure. How this impacts everyday OR practice is outlined in the following article.

In the operating room, lighting is often only noticed when it is insufficient. At the same time, it is well known that visual fatigue is common in surgical practice and is associated with reduced diagnostic accuracy, performance, and safety. This article explores why “more light” is not the solution, which factors truly matter, and what this means for the design of modern surgical lighting.

Modern operating rooms are among the most complex environments in healthcare. Over the years, hospitals invest in advanced surgical equipment, digital tools, infrastructure, and service models – usually to solve very specific challenges at a certain time. Individually, these solutions perform as intended. Yet anyone who works in an OR knows that long-term OR performance is rarely determined by a single component.

Low-temperature sterilization has become essential in modern reprocessing. As surgical instrumentation grows more delicate and device portfolios expand, CSSD teams are required to deliver high levels of safety and consistency – all while maintaining efficient, validated, and reproducible workflows.

Modern healthcare is defined by rapid and continuous technological advances, with increasingly complex systems and medical devices entering routine clinical use. More invasive operations are performed globally – and with them, the risk of transmitting pathogenic microorganisms via contaminated equipment. Device-associated hospital-acquired infections are linked to prolonged hospital stays, increased risk of sepsis, and higher mortality in intensive care units. Sterilization of medical devices is therefore a cornerstone of hospital infection control.

Medical technology must be reliable – every day, in every situation. From diagnostic devices to complex life-sustaining systems, fully functioning equipment is essential for safe patient care, efficient hospital operations, and the protection of clinical staff.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a complex condition that is often difficult to diagnose. Despite advances in technology, too few cases are still detected in time. The lack of specific information often leads to delays in treatment, with the corresponding consequences.

The lives of critically ill patients with hemodynamic instability depend on making the right decision about the next therapeutic step. Advanced hemodynamic monitoring helps to find a targeted and patient-specific therapy.

Over the past two decades, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has undergone a remarkable transformation. Advances in mobility, system integration, and clinical experience have expanded where and how ECMO can be used — changing its role from a highly specialized stationary intervention into a widely applicable form of life-sustaining support in modern critical care.

Transpulmonary pressure monitoring is an important part of clinical monitoring for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), COPD, COVID-19,morbid obesity, and other respiratory diseases that require invasive ventilation.