Operating room conflict resolution: Time to figure it out

Conflict and its resolution in the operating room.

The operating room is a high-stress and volatile workplace where interpersonal conflict can be frequent and at times intense. This article explores some of the common sources of conflict and suggests some remedies.

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...

Operating room pollution--or is it contamination?

theoretical introduction to conflict resolution

it seems that resolution of internal conflict is studied less than the international one. current literature in this regard is not focused on theoretical aspects of conflict resolution, particularly, on conditions and necessaries of resolving these kinds of conflicts. nevertheless, in political science literature it is possible to find some texts that implicitly or explicitly are related to thi...

Lung-protective ventilation in the operating room: time to implement?

184 July 2014 A RECENT multicenter, randomized, controlled trial has concluded that the use of low tidal volumes (VT) for ventilation during surgery improves postoperative outcomes.1 The report is based on the context of a general acceptance that survival is increased when lower tidal volumes are used in patients with acutely diseased lungs, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or...