Surgical units are generally the most costly and least utilized units of hospitals. In order to provide higher utilization rates of surgical units, scheduling of operating rooms should be done effectively. Inefficient or inaccurate scheduling of operating room time often results in delays of surgery or cancellations of procedures, which are costly to the patient and the hospital. Therefore, ope...

As patients presenting for anesthesia and surgery continue to become more complex, so has airway management. In addition, the number of patients requiring anesthesia and airway management outside the operating room setting continues to increase. New airway devices continue to be introduced into the market and clinical practice, making airway management decisions even more challenging. Claims in...

The Key Skills Management in Operating Room (KSMOR) was a project that assessed key skills, knowledge, procedures and the degree of adaptation perioperative nurses operating theatres countries European Union (EU). Five EU participated data collection. respondents were divided into two groups (with experience rooms up to 2 years over years). third group consisted theatre managers who collection ...

OBJECTIVE To examine patient treatment preferences and satisfaction with an office-based procedure for early pregnancy failure and to compare resource use and cost between office and operating room management of early pregnancy failure. METHODS This study was a prospective observational study of 165 women presenting for surgical management of early pregnancy failure. Participants completed a ...