Elective change of surgeon during the or day has an operationally negligible impact on turnover time

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 343-349

  Austin, Thomas M ^a   Lam, Humphrey V ^a   Shin, Naomi S ^b   Daily, Bethany J ^b   Dunn, Peter F ^b,c   Sandberg, Warren S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Operating room efficiency; Surgeon swapping; Turnover times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; NEGLIGENCE; OPERATING ROOM; PRODUCTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURNOVER TIME; WORKFLOW; WORKING TIME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGEONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908252893     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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