Schedule the short procedure first to improve OR efficiency.

AORN Journal | October 1, 2003| | Copyright

Imagine an OR suite in, which the patients on each ORs schedule always are prepared and available for their surgical procedures at the exact time that the preceding procedure ends. In this idealized vision, there is no down time because of late surgeons or patients, and ORs function at a high level of efficiency. Such a back-to-the-future scenario resembles OR suites of the 1960s and earlier, when surgical patients were admitted preoperatively and OR procedures were scheduled "to follow."

To satisfy their customers (ie, surgeons and patients), today's OR managers ...

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