Impact of the reduction of anaesthesia turnover time on operating room efficiency

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 560-563

  Sokolovic, E ^a   Biro, P ^a   Wyss, P ^a   Werthemann, C ^a   Haller, U ^a   Spahn, D ^a   Szucs, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Health personnel, nurses, physicians; Healthcare facilities, manpower, and services, health manpower; Operating rooms; Organisation and administration, personnel staffing and scheduling; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICIAN; REDUCTION; SURGEON; TIME; TURNOVER TIME; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; SWITZERLAND; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWITZERLAND; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036023258     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-200208000-00003     Document Type: Article

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