American journal of surgery
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Multicenter Study
Successful interventions to reduce first-case tardiness in Dutch university medical centers: results of a nationwide operating room benchmark study.
First-case tardiness is still a common source of frustration. In this study, a nationwide operating room (OR) Benchmark database was used to assess the effectiveness of interventions implemented to reduce tardiness and calculate its economic impact. ⋯ Nationwide benchmarking can be applied to identify and measure the effectiveness of interventions to reduce first-case tardiness in a university hospital OR environment. The implemented interventions in 4 centers were successful in significantly reducing first-case tardiness.