Is 'starting on time' useful (or useless) as a surrogate measure for 'surgical theatre efficiency'?
We analysed more than 7000 theatre lists from two similar UK hospitals, to assess whether start times and finish times were correlated. We also analysed gap times (the time between patients when no anaesthesia or surgery occurs), to see whether these affected theatre efficiency. Operating list start...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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