Minimizing Peri-operative Time Delays, Maximizing Operating Room Efficiency: A Pilot Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-08-10

Study Completion Date

2021-08-06

Brief Summary

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The primary objective is to prospectively identify Operating Room (OR) time delays from the time the patient who is undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy enters the OR to exiting the OR. This analysis will be used to identify root cause(s) leading to OR delays and define areas for improvement. The secondary objective is to identify any improvements in OR time delays and OR utilization following implementation of a standardized framework developed to increase OR efficiency.

Detailed Description

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Time delays in the operating room play a role in increasing wait time length, number of cancelled cases, health care expenditure and resources. Furthermore, it inconveniences patients and families, and delays care. Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy) affords same-day discharge, faster recovery, and decreased morbidity. However, performing laparoscopy requires special equipment and multiple steps during set-up that can lead to time delays if not performed efficiently. Multiple factors have been identified to contribute to inefficient care delivery including: communication error, equipment failure, lack of teamwork among nursing, surgical or anesthesia teams, and duplication of tasks.

OR delays due to inefficiency can result from a chain of intraoperative events including technical factors (ie. equipment failure or case complexity) and from non-technical human factors (ie. communication errors or lack of coordinated teamwork within and between OR teams). "The intraoperative period is the period in which the surgical team may have the most influence" on efficiency. Objective measures of intraoperative OR delays and identification of their causes can lead to the development of a standardized framework that could be generalized to any surgical discipline to improve OR efficiency.

The primary objective of this study is to prospectively identify OR time delays from the time the patient enters the OR who are undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy (laparoscopic gynecologic procedure that involves several potential areas for inefficiency) to case completion and exiting the OR. This analysis will be used to identify root cause(s) leading to OR delays and define areas for improvement. The causes of delays can be reported back to the team members through formative performance-based feedback. The secondary objective is to identify any improvements in OR time delays and OR utilization following implementation of a standardized framework developed to increase OR efficiency.

Conditions

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Operating Room Efficiency

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Black box recording of surgery

Time delays will be recorded from the moment the patient is draped and enters the operating room to the moment they exit the operating room.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Total laparoscopic hysterectomy cases performed by Minimally Invasive Surgery gynecologist at St. Michael's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Procedure converted to laparotomy
* Patients who desire future child bearing potential
* Procedures performed by hysteroscopy or laparotomy
* General gynecologist surgeon (i.e. non-Minimally Invasive Surgical specialist)

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Eliane Shore, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Unity Health Toronto

Locations

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St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Other Identifiers

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17-029

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id