1. Orthopaedic Trauma Theatre Efficiency in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Returning to Normality?
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Joshua Kelleher, Faizan Arshad, Umar-Khetaab Hanif, Fouad A. Chaudhry, Amir Khan, Salman Sadiq, Muhammad I Chaudary, Abdus Samee Wasim, and Arslan Arshad
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Hip fracture ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Operating theatres ,business.industry ,pandemic ,General surgery ,Patient demographics ,General Engineering ,medicine.disease ,Trauma ,Orthopedics ,covid-19 ,theatre ,efficiency ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Surgical preparation ,General hospital ,Orthopaedic trauma ,business - Abstract
Background Recent studies have shown a decline in theatre efficiency and productivity coinciding with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this study, we evaluate trauma theatre task efficiency in three different time periods (April 2019, April 2020, and November 2020), and analyse if productivity has altered since the start of the pandemic. Methods The records of a total of 320 patients who underwent orthopaedic trauma surgery at a large district general hospital in April 2019, April 2020 (during the first wave of the pandemic) and November 2020 (during the second wave of the pandemic) were analysed. Primary outcomes measured include time to get to the theatre, anaesthetic preparation time, the sum of time of anaesthesia and surgical preparation time, duration of surgery and time to transfer to recovery. Patient demographics as well as the type of surgery were also analysed. Results The time to get to the theatre and anaesthetic preparation time significantly increased in April 2020 (p0.05). The duration of surgery and time to transfer to recovery significantly increased in April 2020 (p
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- 2021
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