Operating Room Time Savings with the Use of Splint Packs: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The most expensive variable in the operating room (OR) is time. Lean Process Management is being used in the medical field to improve efficiency in the OR. Streamlining individual processes within the OR is crucial to a comprehensive time saving and cost-cutting health care strategy. At our institution, one hour of OR time costs approximately $500, exclusive of supply and personnel costs. Commercially prepared splint packs (SP) contain all components necessary for plaster-of-Paris short-leg splint application and have the potential to decrease splint application time and overall costs by making it a more lean process. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing OR time savings between SP use and bulk supply (BS) splint application.

Methods

Fifty consecuti

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4733228 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature