PO-01-051 EARLY PHYSICIAN ARRIVAL TO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY INCREASES LAB EFFICIENCY BY DECREASING PREPARATION TIME

Many cardiac arrhythmia patients benefit from interventions performed in the electrophysiology (EP) lab. EP labs are a valuable resource that if not used efficiently may lead to delay patient care, increased cost medical system, and challenges with recruiting retaining staff. Prep time is defined as when (pt) enters procedural room until procedure start. affected by many factors, including but limited to: pt staffing ratios, sedation plan, need for invasive hemodynamic monitoring, complexity of (proc). Physician arrival lab an important component prep time. To determine earlier physician shortens Pt in-room times, proc start characteristics were recorded over 5 month period 5/22 through 8/22. Quantitative data was divided into subgroups based on type – ablation (abl) or device. Means standard deviation calculated. A scatter plot compared created best-fit polynomial regression (Fig 1). Point maximum correlation (PMC) calculated using Pearson’s method linear applied point onward. Cases understaffed VT highlighted. Of 539 cases, 235 (44%) device implants 304 (56%) abl. The difference between earliest average latest 17min 16 min 15 minutes shorter arriving device, 28 PMC abl 25mins 30mins respectively. Every minute after directly related MD being present For interval prior PMC, there factors causing delays lab, leading questionable direct minimum both appears be 20 mins this current culture. Earlier times increase efficiency reducing times.Tabled 1Mean Room Times Access (min) +/-SDAblationDevice ImplantMean RoomMean AccessMean Rm AccessEP115+/-1347+/-1111+/-1246+/-10EP211+/-942+/-1011+/-942+/-10EP318+/-850+/-1213+/-1647+/-16EP425+/-1449+/-1126+/-2149+/-16EP524+/-1660+/-2021+/-1652+/-14EP68+/-1032+/-84+/-837+/-9EP78+/-831+/-107+/-637+/-7 Open table new tab