Factors Affecting the Main Operation Room Utilization Time at King Abdullah Medical City

Ali M. Alahmari^1, and Omar Z. Alsharqi²

¹Department of Orthopedic, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

²Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Ali M. Alahmari and Omar Z. Alsharqi. Factors Affecting the Main Operation Room Utilization Time at King Abdullah Medical City. American Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2021; 9(1):25-28. doi: 10.12691/AJCMR-9-1-6

Abstract

Background: Hospitals and operating room departments aim to improve quality and safety, as well as utilization and efficiency. Operating rooms are cost-intensive, multi professional parts of health care organizations. Thus, efficient usage of OR capacity is crucial. Aim of the study: The aim of the current study is to determine the factors affecting the main operation room utilization time at King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC). Subjects and Methods: A retrospective descriptive research design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Four hundred forty-eight days included in this study with no missing data. Data was collected from the operations registration office and the quality department at KAMC in Saudi Arabia in terms of data inventory and reliability and was analyzed by statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 24. Results: 94.2% of ICU beds post-operative were available. Also, 77.9 % of surgeon' attendance on time and 75.5% of the first cases started on time. Highly statistical significant difference between 2017 and 2018 in relation to predictor factors of operation room utilization time was found. Conclusion: Availability of intensive care unit beds, starting the first case start on time and surgeon' attendance on time are the predictor factors for operating room utilization time. Recommendations: Ministry of health should work as much as possible to provide enough intensive care beds for operation theatre. Also, surgeons should attend to work at operation room at the right time and they should start working with the first case at the right time. The staff should be motivated by different incentives to start the operation on time.

Keywords

operation room, utilization time

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