Theatre efficiency

Improving operating theatre efficiency in South Africa.

Causes of elective surgery cancellation and theatre throughput efficiency in an Australian urology unit

OBJECTIVE To evaluate our unit's theatre throughput efficiency, to identify where inefficiencies existed and consequently where the greatest improvement might be made.To identify the causes of day of surgery cancellations and how they might be avoided.  PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective audit of theatre utilisation was undertaken over a 6 month period between 05/02//2013 and 02/08/2013 at Ip...

Improving theatre efficiency and utilisation through early identification of trauma patients and enhanced communication between teams.

Surgical departments are increasingly put under pressure to improve services, cut waiting lists, increase efficiency and save money. At a district general hospital in the west-midlands we approached the challenge of improving efficiency and optimising the services available in our orthopaedic theatres. Data was collected on: anaesthetic start times, operation start and finish times, and reasons...

Aids to Theatre Technique

Second edition. (Pp. xii + 422; figs. 68. 37s. 6d.). London: Butterworth. 1952. X'ills is described as "a handbook of pre-operative and post-operative treatment." House-surgeor4 and registrar-s will find it a useful companion in the wvards and in wvorking for the F.R.C.S. About one quarter of the book is devoted to the genieral principles of metabolism in relation to surgery, thrombo-embolism, ...

Twentieth-century Theatre

Downloaded: 30 May 2012 IP address: 148.88.176.155 In his excellent introductory essay, Mayer not only discusses the theatrical history, nature, and function of the plays, but also their ideological significance both in Britain and America. He sees them as a response to many of the cultural and social anxieties of the age: the crisis of religious faith, the rise of feminism, the emergence of cl...