Main Operating Room (Main OR)
The Main Operating Room is within a level one, academic trauma center. There are 21 ORs on the 4th floor and 3 procedure areas on the 5th floor which cover all surgical specialties, to include; Trauma, Transplant, Ortho, Neuro, ENT, GU-GYN, Robotics and Burns. The nursing teams consist of 75% Registered Nurses and 25% Certified Surgical Technologist/Licensed Practical Nurses. RNs are trained to both scrub and circulate surgical procedures. The Main OR is a busy and dynamic nurse driven, Magnet designated department that provides cutting-edge technology to the citizens of SC.
Rutledge Tower Operating Room (RT OR)
Rutledge Tower Operating Room has 9 OR suites for both adult outpatient and inpatient surgical procedures and provides service to a multitude of specialties to include ENT, Oral Surgery, Adult Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Plastics, Gynecology, Urology, Pain Management, Orthopedics, Surgical Oncology, Endocrine, Colorectal, Robotics, and Minimally invasive surgeries. RT OR is open Monday -Friday until 5:00 or 7:00pm and is currently closed on weekends and major holidays. Our orientation includes training for both the circulator and scrub roles. We are a 100% Bovie smoke free facility that is highly innovative and provides excellence in nursing care.
SJCH Pediatric Operating Room
The MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital is a pediatric level one, academic trauma center. There are eight OR suites on level 3 and two minor ORs on level 2 which cover all pediatric surgical specialties including: Trauma, Transplant, Ortho, Neuro, ENT, GU-GYN, Ophthalmology, Plastics, Dental, General Surgery, and Pediatric hearts. Our Pediatric Heart Program is recognized as #2 in the nation in the 2024 US News and World Report. The nursing teams consist of 75% Registered Nurses and 25% Certified Surgical Technologist. RNs are trained to both scrub and circulate surgical procedures. The SJCH OR is a busy and dynamic nurse driven, Magnet designated department that provides cutting-edge technology to the children of SC.
Ashley River Tower Operating Room
Ashley River Tower (ART) perioperative services are located on the fourth floor of the ART building. The ART PACU is a 12-bed unit that provides post-operative care for a diverse population of adult outpatient and inpatient surgeries through various surgical service lines. These include general, plastics, oncology, cardiac, interventional cardiology, thoracic, vascular, colorectal, bariatric, and robotics. ART PACU is open 24/7 except Sunday night, the unit is closed from 7:30pm- 7:30am, with normal Operating Room hours from 7:00am-7:30pm Monday- Friday. PACU call teams are in place Friday PM-Monday AM for add-on cases on the weekends. The clinical programs that service ART are recognized for excellence in cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, transplant surgery, as well as general and GI surgery and is nationally recognized for management of chronic pancreatitis, and bariatric surgery. ART PACU focuses care on post-operative recovery from anesthesia including ERAS, pain, respiratory status, hemodynamic stability, and prevention of post-operative complications. The ART PACU team strives to provide the highest quality patient-family centered care and service. In addition, ART recently opened Phase 2 PACU which has 7 additional bays for a total of 19 PACU bays.
