An integrated rolling horizon approach to increase operating theatre efficiency

Improving operating theatre efficiency in South Africa.

Multi-period and multi-resource operating room scheduling and rescheduling using a rolling horizon approach: a case study

In this paper, a multi-period and multi-resource operating room (OR) scheduling and rescheduling problem with elective and semi-elective (semi-urgent) patients is addressed. A scheduling-rescheduling framework based on the so-called rolling horizon approach is proposed to solve the problem. The core of the proposed framework is a novel proposed mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model with...

Gas-gangrene infection in an operating-theatre.

was manipulated to relieve pressure on the skin over the dorsum of the foot, and a plaster-of-paris cast padded with sterilised cotton-wool was applied in the casualty-theatre, which is on the ground floor. Operation.-Next day he was operated on in theatre 1 of the main theatre suite (see figure). The skin of the ankle was incised, a large butterfly fragment of the fibula was wired, the torn jo...

An Operating Theatre in Private Practice

When to release allocated operating room time to increase operating room efficiency.

UNLABELLED We studied when allocated, but unfilled, operating room (OR) time of surgical services should be released to maximize OR efficiency. OR time was allocated for two surgical suites based on OR efficiency. Then, we analyzed real OR schedules. We added new hypothetical cases lasting 1, 2, or 3 h into OR time of the service that had the largest difference between allocated and scheduled c...