Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study

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...

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Autores principales:	Patricia Egan, Anthony Pierce, Audrey Flynn, Sean Paul Teeling, Marie Ward, Martin McNamara
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	preference card surgical materials Lean Six Sigma (LSS) custom pack touchpoints operating room (OR) Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:915568f56d3b497da718d2152328b29d2021-11-25T17:51:06ZReleasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study10.3390/ijerph1822120981660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/915568f56d3b497da718d2152328b29d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12098https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Healthcare 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.Patricia EganAnthony PierceAudrey FlynnSean Paul TeelingMarie WardMartin McNamaraMDPI AGarticlepreference cardsurgical materialsLean Six Sigma (LSS)custom packtouchpointsoperating room (OR)MedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12098, p 12098 (2021)
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description	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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author	Patricia Egan Anthony Pierce Audrey Flynn Sean Paul Teeling Marie Ward Martin McNamara
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title	Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study
title_short	Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study
title_full	Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study
title_fullStr	Releasing Operating Room Nursing Time to Care through the Reduction of Surgical Case Preparation Time: A Lean Six Sigma Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed	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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publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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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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