Pacira Opens Training Facility For Opioid-Free Surgery, Treatment

TAMPA, FL — Pacira BioSciences Inc., the leading provider of non-opioid pain management, will open a new state-of-the-art medical education and training facility in Tampa Wednesday.

Pacira Innovation and Training Center of Tampa (the PITT) was created to provide a flexible space for best-in-class clinical training on managing acute pain for anesthesiologists and surgeons working to reduce or eliminate patient exposure to opioids. The opening of the PITT supports Pacira’s ongoing efforts to transition inpatient procedures to a 23-hour stay environment – a focus that can directly impact patient outcomes and satisfaction rates.

Among the highlights of the 20,000-square-foot adaptable environment, the PITT features:

• Streamsong lecture hall: A high-tech smart space featuring a 4.5-foot-tall by 24-foot-wide LCD video wall to support live, virtual and even global presentations. The space includes two ceiling-mounted cameras that tie into a central video switching system that can route the live stream to the LCD video wall or displays in the surrounding rooms. The high-tech lecture hall can support livestreaming of the lecturers and incorporation of audience participation.
• Isleworth sim lab: A full-scale simulation lab equipped with seven scanning stations—each with its own wall-mounted display connected to ultrasound imagery—a motorized projection screen, and two in-ceiling cameras. Each station is integrated to stand alone or connect to the Sawgrass Broadcast Center or the Streamsong Lecture Hall.
• Clubhouse: A 1000-square-foot open training room is equipped with a motorized projector screen, and an in-ceiling projector with adaptive wireless connectivity to four ceiling-mounted monitors. This flexible space is appropriate for both didactic presentations and smaller-scale ultrasound workshops.

The PITT will host ongoing workshops and hands-on training programs to help train new clinicians on emerging regional blocks, as well as administration techniques for iovera°, a non-opioid treatment that alleviates knee pain by applying intensely focused cold therapy to a specific nerve to prevent its ability to transmit a pain signal to the brain.