EVALUATION OF QUALITY TIME INDICATORS IN THE SURGICAL CENTER FOR ELECTIVE PROCEDURES IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL OF SANTA CATARINA

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.159232220015

• Palavras-chave: Quality Indicators in Health Care. Time. Elective Surgical Procedures. Surgical Rooms.

• Keywords: Quality Indicators in Health Care. Time. Elective Surgical Procedures. Surgical Rooms.

• Abstract:

  Objective: To evaluate the time indicators of the surgical center of a medium-sized and high-complexity private hospital in western Santa Catarina. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study using primary data obtained through timekeeping prospectively performed by the researchers (150 surgeries), and secondary data from the hospital's information system (3291 surgeries). Results: The mean time interval between the patient's entry into the operating room and the start of surgery was 21.9 minutes, and from the end of the operation to the patient's exit from the room, 14.3 minutes. The average total time of patient stay in the operating room was 82.6 minutes, of which 62.1 minutes correspond to the period that the patient remained anesthetized, and 45.2 minutes in operation. The average total time in non-operative processes (turnover) was 32.3 minutes. The comparative analysis of the results with the time averages obtained by the hospital's information system showed a certain equivalence between the times, with an average difference of 2.4 minutes. Conclusion: Based on the results presented, it was possible to analyze the operating dynamics of the operating room and identify satisfactory and unsatisfactory indicators. The non-operative time was the one that was farther from the ideal, highlighting the period that concerns the end of cleaning until the entry of the next patient.

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