Causes of elective surgery cancellation and theatre throughput efficiency in an Australian urology unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate our unit's theatre throughput efficiency, to identify where inefficiencies existed and consequently where the greatest improvement might be made.To identify the causes of day of surgery cancellations and how they might be avoided. 

Patients and methods

A prospective audit of theatre utilisation was undertaken over a 6 month period between 05/02//2013 and 02/08/2013 at Ipswich General Hospital, QLD, Australia.TIMES COLLECTED WERE: time of patient arrival in anaesthetic bay, start time of operative procedure, end time of operative procedure, and time of patient leaving theatre.The causative factors for any delays or day of surgery cancellations were identified and recorded where possible. 

Results

In the six month period 26,850 sessional minutes we

SUBMITTER: Keller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4184311 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature