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PRACTICE BUILDING | clients or add another veterinarian to your practice. – Look at the configuration of your examination rooms. One-door rooms or pods of rooms can drive down square footage and minimize the number of steps walked between examination rooms, reception, treatment, and surgery. – Design an examination room that can double as a treatment space during nonpeak hours of the day. Add a sliding glass door to allow the room to open up to the larger treatment area. Other options are examination rooms that can be used for consultations or additional office space. – You can make your examination rooms into multipurpose rooms. By minimizing the number of built-in cabinets and creating optimum-sized rooms, these rooms can be used for other purposes, including ultrasound, endoscopy, and dental procedures. t 5SBOTQBSFODZ Some hospitals can be dramatically improved by “opening up” space with interior view windows or glass partitions. Well-placed interior glass openings will make your hospital feel larger and will reinforce the image that you are proud of the medicine that you practice. Also, views into other areas of the hospital from the reception area can reduce psychological barriers between client spaces and medical spaces and demonstrate that you have nothing to hide. – If you are installing new doors, use as many glass or partial glass doors as you can. – If you want a space to feel larger but you still want the ability to control views into other spaces, replace solid partitions with areas of frosted glass. – Consider creating views into surgery, special procedures rooms, and/or boarding areas. July/August 2011 Today’s Veterinary Practice 71 Before The reception area of Hulen Hills Animal Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, prior to renovation After The reception area of Hulen Hills Animal Hospital after renovation Successful Remodeling