Operation theatre utilization and efficiency

Utilization of Operation Theatre

To satisfy patients, fulfill demands of surgeons and operation theater staff and to proof a well-functioning operation theater an excellent management is needed. Operation theatre needs a great quantity of resources 4 to maintain a working function in any hospital . It’s always been a difficult and daring procedure, to improve the function and effectiveness of an operation theater in such a hos...

Dialog-Based Intelligent Operation Theatre Scheduler

Medical treatments planning and surgical operations scheduling are substantial elements of hospital management. Operations theatre scheduling deals with assignment of limited hospital resources (rooms, doctors, nurses, etc.) to jobs (patient treatments, surgery, etc.) over the time in order to perform tasks according to their needs and priorities, and to optimize usage of hospital resources [7]...

Improving operating theatre efficiency in South Africa.

Noise in the operation theatre: intensity and sources.

In recent years the deleterious effects of environmental noise on human health and work performance has evoked considerable concern (1-3). Prolonged exposure to loud noise in daily life may act as a biological stressor leading to sustained activation of the autonomic nervous system and the pituitary adrenal axis with many far reaching physiological & psychological effects (4). In hospital setti...

Design of Air Distribution System for Operation Theatre Using Flow Visualization Techniques to Improve Flow Characteristics

Operation Theatre (OT) is the most important area where precise controlled on indoor air quality is required because it is directly related to patient health and its recovery period. This work aims to study and visualize the airflow distribution of conventional flat air diffuser ventilation system and newly designed angular air ventilation system in OT. Angular Air Distribution (AAD) system is ...