Causes of elective surgery cancellation and theatre throughput efficiency in an Australian urology unit
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Causes of elective surgery cancellation and theatre throughput efficiency in an Australian urology unit
OBJECTIVE To evaluate our unit's theatre throughput efficiency, to identify where inefficiencies existed and consequently where the greatest improvement might be made.To identify the causes of day of surgery cancellations and how they might be avoided. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective audit of theatre utilisation was undertaken over a 6 month period between 05/02//2013 and 02/08/2013 at Ip...
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عنوان ژورنال: F1000Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2046-1402
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.4824.1