Greening the operating room, one procedure at a time
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Factors determining the smooth flow and the non-operative time in a one-induction room to one-operating room setting
RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES What factors determine the use of an anaesthesia preparation room and shorten non-operative time? METHODS A logistic regression is applied to 18 751 surgery records from AZ Sint-Jan Brugge AV, Belgium, where each operating room has its own anaesthesia preparation room. Surgeries, in which the patient's induction has already started when the preceding patient's s...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Climate Change and Health
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2667-2782
DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100014