Small Animal Hospital Theatre Design*

Abstract

It is now over a hundred years since Lister's epoch making discoveries, yet many human and many more veterinary operating theatres have not advanced very much during this time. Perhaps Lister's theories were so good when applied to veterinary surgery that no further effort was felt necessary. I realise full well that economics play such an important part in our work, but this is very little excuse and very little compensation to a discriminating client if he were aware that his pet would be operated on on the kitchen table and the instruments sterilized by immersing in disinfectant.