Operating Room Efficiency
Operating room (OR) efficiency is a measure of how well time and resources are used for their intended purposes. One way to analyze efficiency is to chart under-utilized and over-utilized time spent on a given day in the operating room. If the cases in an operating room finish earlier than scheduled, time is under-utilized. Likewise, if the cases in an operating room run "late" or past its allotted operating room time then this produces over-utilized time.
The terms operating room utilization and operating room productivity are also often used when discussing operating room management of a surgical suite.
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