Journal article
Weekend operating room on call staffing requirements
AORN journal, Vol.74(5), pp.664-665,671
11/2001
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-2092(06)61765-1
PMID: 11725444
Abstract
This article describes a statistical method used to determine the minimum number of OR teams that should be on call for urgent procedures, in-house versus on standby from home, to minimize labor costs. The OR manager obtains the number of ORs staffed at each hour of the 24-hour period of interest (e.g., 7 AM Saturday to 7 AM Sunday) from the surgical suite's information system. The minimum number of total staffed hours needed to care for patients is calculated for a prespecified level of the acceptable risk of inadequate staffing. A method used to determine whether each staff member should work in-house or on standby from home then is introduced. This method enumerates all possible combinations of shifts to find the one with the lowest cost, and it ensures a prespecified service level. An example based on 248 weeks of data collected from a large surgical suite is presented, and staffing for emergency procedures is reviewed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Weekend operating room on call staffing requirements
- Creators
- F Dexter - Division of Management Consulting, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USAL O'Neill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AORN journal, Vol.74(5), pp.664-665,671
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0001-2092(06)61765-1
- PMID
- 11725444
- ISSN
- 0001-2092
- eISSN
- 1878-0369
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2001
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9983806390702771
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