Cath Lab Room Utilization

I am looking for the amount of time the room is in use.

Cath lab room utilization.

Cath lab room utilization was calculated as the ratio of the number of hours staffed to the number of hours utilized excluding weekend cases and cases beginning after the lab s end time after adjusting for room closures. Add storage clean tee probe room. For a number of these regulated states the capacity for a cath lab is equal to 2 000 weighted cases per year. The net result was a gain of 5 1 to 5 6 hours per day of additional cath lab time which arose from improved utilization and reduced room turnaround times the authors note.

Cardiac catheterization laboratory xcce1. Procedure room electrophysiology xcep1 3. Having a well defined throughput process can optimize lab utilization. Getting each patient into and out of the procedure room in a timely manner can add minutes and maybe even hours to the daily schedules allowing for the accommodation of a greater number of cases.

To determine the utilization or capacity of a current lab the provider will simply add the total procedure weights for procedures performed or projected and compare that to the total capacity for a cath lab. Add decontamination tee probe room trte2 7. Anesthesia lithotripsy sterile processing department cath specials lab and endoscopy. A turnaround time of 18 min was added for each case 25 min were added before january 2015 before we realized our gains.

We would all benefit from working together toward industry wide standards for cath lab room utilization. Add control room hybrid or cath ep orhc1 6. Block utilization committee will review compliance with operating. Transesophageal echocardiograph tee procedure room trte1 4.

Even though a cath lab manager may believe their throughput process is the. Bringing new efficiency standards to cath lab operations. Delete control room catheterization laboratory xccc1 5. She has lead lean processes and surgical site.

Room utilization does anyone have a cath lab room utilization formula to calculate to what percentage a room is utilized. We hope that this will spur discussion to better define standards for cath lab procedure room utilization and that readers will share their thoughts. This case study in collaboration shares how cleveland clinic helped an alliance partner hospital dramatically boost its on time starts in the cath lab and slash its room turnover times over a 12 month period. Rachel has 17 years of experience in the operating room ranging from circulator scrub rnfa educator charge nurse manager and director.