ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study.
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- Association of an integrated management strategy with operating room efficiency, turnover time, and satisfaction: a retrospective before-after study.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Concept analysis of knowledge sharing in multidisciplinary surgical teams: Implications for interprofessional education and professional development.Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism · 2026Article
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- Using Lean Six Sigma in a Private Hospital Setting to Reduce Trauma Orthopedic Patient Waiting Times and Associated Administrative and Consultant Caseload.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Six Sigma can significantly reduce costs of poor quality of the surgical instruments sterilization process and improve surgeon and operating room personnel satisfaction.Scientific reports · 2023Observational
- Making a Sustainable Difference to People, Processes and Systems: Whole-Systems Approaches to Process Improvement in Health Systems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Using a Combined Lean and Person-Centred Approach to Support the Resumption of Routine Hospital Activity following the First Wave of COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Developing New Methods for Person-Centred Approaches to Adjudicate Context-Mechanism-Outcome Configurations in Realist Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Use of Lean Six Sigma Methodology in the Reduction of Patient Length of Stay Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Case Study of a Whole System Approach to Improvement in an Acute Hospital Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Study on the Effect of PDCA Circulation Method on Nursing Quality Management in the Day Operating Room.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
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Abstract
Healthcare systems internationally are working under increasing demand to use finite resources with greater efficiency. The drive for efficiency utilises process improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma. This study outlines a pilot Lean Six Sigma intervention designed to release nursing time to care within a peri-operative environment; this was achieved by collaborating with stakeholders to redesign the process for laparoscopic hernia surgical case preparation (set up) material. Across 128 laparoscopic hernia surgical cases, the pilot resulted in a 55% decrease in overall nursing time spent in gathering and preparing materials for laparoscopic hernia surgical cases, with a corresponding reduction in packaging waste. The major impact of releasing nursing time to care within busy Operating Room environments enabled nurses to focus on continuing to deliver high-quality care to their patients and reduce pressure expressed by the Operating Room nurses. The results have led to an ongoing review of other surgical procedures preparation to further release nursing time and will be of interest to perioperative teams internationally.
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