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By: Angela Sidney
Published: 12/2/2015
Race Against Time
Turnover Tip: Divide the OR into 4 Zones
To help speed OR turnovers between cases, we divide the OR into 4 zones, which staff attack between cases. One staff member is assigned to each zone, ensuring that everyone knows which tasks he's responsible for completing.
Before implementing this NASCAR-inspired approach, turning rooms over required 6 to 8 staff members. That led to confusion about which tasks were performed and which weren't. While some tasks were repeated, others were passed over entirely. Today, our turnovers require a maximum of 4 staff members and our average turnover time has decreased by about 7 minutes.
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