July 11, 2017

Reducing robotic OR turnover times with a pit stop model

Editor's Note

Concepts from motor racing pit stops, including role definition, task allocation, task sequencing, and a visual cue for ease-of-use, created efficient and sustainable approaches for decreasing robotic OR turnover times in this study.

Average turnover time was 99.2 minutes before introducing the pit stop model and 53.2 minutes at 3 months postintervention.

Average room ready time from when the patient left the OR until the surgical technician was ready to receive the next patient was 42.2 minutes before the model and 27.2 minutes at 3 months after the model was introduced.

A total of 41 robotic cases were included in the study.

Original Scientific Report DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-3936-4 Cite this article as: Souders, C.P., Catchpole, K.R., Wood, L.N. et al. World J Surg (2017) 41: 1943. doi:10.1007/s00268-017-3936-4 Operating room (OR) turnover time, time taken between one patient leaving the OR and the next entering, is an important determinant of OR utilization, a key value metric for hospital administrators.

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