Success of Commonly Used Operating Room Management Tools in Reducing Tardiness of First Case of the Day Starts

Abstract

Reductions in tardiness of first case starts figure prominently the objectives of surgical suite management in Germany. Our results suggest that the appointment of an OR manager or the adoption of an OR charter support this objective. For short-term decision making on the day of surgery, this reduction in tardiness may have economic implications, because it reduced overutilized OR time.