March 13, 2014ISRN SurgeryOpen Access

An Audit of Operating Room Time Utilization in a Teaching Hospital: Is There a Place for Improvement?

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Population

548 ordinary general surgery procedures (minor, moderate, and major) in a teaching hospital

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Authors

GSGeorge StavrouNIMTS Hospital SPStavros PanidisAHEPA University Hospital JTJohn TsouskasAristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Implication

May inform OR scheduling by surgical impact in teaching hospitals; leaves open prospective validation beyond single-center data.

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Population

548 ordinary general surgery procedures (minor, moderate, and major) in a teaching hospital

Outcome

Operating room time utilization across five intervals: anaesthesia induction, surgery preparation, duration of operation, recovery from anaesthesia, and transfer to postanaesthesia care unit (PACU) or intensive care unit (ICU)

Operating room time utilization in a teaching hospital showed acceptable time estimates, with step durations proportional to surgical impact.

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Stavrou et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a709035a528af2d65c39bd5 https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/431740

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An Audit of Operating Room Time Utilization in a Teaching Hospital: Is There a Place for Improvement?

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An Audit of Operating Room Time Utilization in a Teaching Hospital: Is There a Place for Improvement?

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