Services: Operating Suite



Long Island’s Newest Award Winning Operating Rooms are here at Mercy Medical Center.

Welcome to Mercy Medical Center’s new Operating Suite.  Mercy is a pioneer in the evolution of outstanding medical care is as evidenced in our new Operating Suite. Mercy’s superior medical staff and state-of-the-art equipment have earned the Medical Center a respected reputation statewide.  Patients receive exceptional quality care from our well-trained, experienced and committed staff.  Mercy offers the most up-to-date technology and equipment, in the most advanced facility, to meet all your surgical needs.

Highlights of the Operating Suite:

· The all new Operating Suite consists of nine operating rooms, one cystoscopy room and larger space for ancillary support services such as patient holding and equipment storage.

· PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit) provides space for 12 patients in recovery and improved patient observation and support space including centralized cardiac monitoring, patient bathrooms and a contact isolation room.  

· Full service surgical services (excluding open heart surgery and transplants).

· All Operating Room nurses and technicians are educated and experienced on all the new equipment and procedures being used in the Suite.

· Instruments and equipment are available to facilitate minimally invasive and advanced laparoscopic surgery.

· Two of the rooms have been designed with more space for orthopedic services, specifically for total hip and knee surgery.  

· State-of-the-art laminar flow system provides HEPA filtered air flow around the surgical field in each Operating Room.

· All rooms are equipped with monitors on mobile shelves to display the surgical case in progress.

· All new Operating Room lights, which are camera ready, allow viewing of the surgical field.

· Selected rooms (4) have equipment booms which hold monitors, cautery, insuflator, etc.  The booms provide easy access to gases and electrical outlets.

· Four lasers (Holmium, CO2, Argon, Iris) are available for selected surgical procedures requiring this technology.

· Two rooms equipped with a new voice activated system which allows surgeons control over virtually all of the equipment in the room, as well as the ability to communicate with other departments such as Laboratory and Radiology.

· New computerized pneumatic tube provides rapid access to the Laboratory, Pharmacy and Histology.  

· Physician dictation room equipped with three computers.

· Televisions offer additional patient comfort as patients wait in the holding room.

· Beautifully appointed family waiting room adjacent to the surgical area.

Enhancements for patient comfort, convenience and privacy

A New Ambulatory Surgery Unit (with link to ASU)

Provides 27 pre-admitting/post recovery spaces and ancillary functions adjacent to the new operating suite.

A New Endoscopy Suite (with link to Endoscopy)

Houses five procedure rooms incorporating the most advanced equipment anywhere.

A New Sterile Instruments Processing Area with all state-of-the-art sterilization equipment.

Ambulatory Surgery Unit
(516)705-1322

Endoscopy Suite
(516)705-1204

Operating Room
(516)705-1200

Operating Room Booking
(516)705-1201

PACU
(516)705-1202

Patient Information
(516)705-1411

Surgical Waiting Room
(516)705-2471