Abstract : In the contemporary world, people are increasingly mindful of health services, highlighting the growing importance of the managerial aspect in delivering healthcare to patients within hospitals. The operation theatre, a crucial area where life-saving and curative procedures take place under immaculate conditions, is manned by well-trained professionals in a stable environment, ensuring maximum safety and comfort for patients [1]. Across all hospitals, the operation theatre consistently serves as a key source of revenue generation, necessitating the optimization of resources. Monitoring the productivity of operating theatres can be approached in various ways, with a primary focus on translating available time into earnings [2, 3, 4]. Utilization, defined as the quotient of actual hours utilized daily and the available OT hours per month, is a simple yet adequate measure of a theatre's efficiency, where increased utilization correlates with enhanced revenue generation. The institutes OT utilization is generally optimal, except for the IDOT complex, where the scheduling of surgeries appears to differ. Open scheduling sometimes leads to underbooking of theatre tables for surgeries by the department. Notably, the utilization of theatres by various departments is generally optimal, with the exception of the vascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery departments [5]. This discrepancy is primarily attributed to the underestimation of time required for each surgery, resulting in cancellations and unutilized time in Operation Theatres. While longitudinal measurement of utilization may be characteristic, day-to-day variations are expected based on caseload and the unique nature of procedures.
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Cite : Loona, G., & Sodani, P. (2023). Study On Utilization Of Operation Theatre (1st ed., p. 30). Noble Science Press. https://doi.org/10.52458/9788196830076.2023.eb.ch-08
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