Operating lamp: what color should the lighting have in an operating room?

One of the aspects that is important that is part of the needs of a surgeon at the time of operating, is lighting; in operating rooms certain basic elements are needed for the surgeon to do his job such as: a sterilized environment, gowns and surgical material; operating table and instrumentalist doctors, anesthesiologists; however, one of the indispensable structures are the operating lamps, and with them the color of the lighting of the operating room.

A well-lit operating table is what every surgeon requires to be able to observe the tissue or any organ, monitor the patient’s state of health, so the lighting of an operating room must be white, that is, the light of the lamps must be white; combined with a light green and blue wall color, which allows the doctor to rest his gaze when he is operating.

Advantages of white light in the lighting of an operating room

  •  Allows to observe the color of the organ or tissue.
  • The human eye perceives more clearly.
  • Offers thermal comfort inside the operating room.
  • It is a determining factor in the selection of lamps for operating rooms. 
  • Offers patient safety and comfort to medical staff.
  • Guarantees the efficiency of the operation.
  • Favors the diagnosis of the patient.

Operating lamps

In any surgical procedure, good lighting is required, since the performance of the surgeon depends on that, optimizes the results of the surgical rooms and guarantees the health of the patient, characteristically has one or several assemblies of light heads attached to a suspension arm, which allows movements; some installed on the ceiling and others have a mobile support that moves on the floor.

They are specially designed to work for long periods, without emitting heat, causing discomfort, drying the tissues, in addition, they are not heated which makes it easier for the doctor to touch it to move it and project light better, it does not produce reflections or shadows, in some cases, the light presented by the lamps in addition to white, can be blue or light green; which are complementary colors of red and allows to rest the view of the surgeon, this in combination with the space of the operating room. 

Types of kalstein brand operating lamps

  • Operations lamp (YR02115-YR02123): Led technology (light emitting diode) and Beam Sharper.
  • Operating lamp models (YE02106/YR02108/YR02110/YR02112): offers four colors: green, amber, red and warm/cold white; Led technology.
  • Operating lamp (YR02125-YR02133/YR02136-YR02140): Halogen technology, blue teak reflector treatment.
  •  Operating lamp (YR02196-YR02200/YR02201-YR02204): halogen, blue teak reflector treatment.

This series of models have certain characteristics and technologies that will depend on the surgical needs that exist in the area of health, if you want to know in depth each of the models and verify with your needs you just have to visit the following link HERE

Characteristics of the lamps

They offer a very intense and bright whiter light, they are made with halogen gas, this type of lamps, offers as an advantage that the more current the greater the illumination, reduces energy consumption, however, they can raise the temperature of where they are used and cause blackouts, which could affect the visibility of the doctor and the safety of the patient.

 LED

They offer more security in terms of touch, do not heat up or generate so much heat, the useful life of these lamps is approximately 50,000 hours, they have low electricity consumption, more intense light, without shade, facilitate safety and comfort.

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