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Tired of OR delays? Standardization could be the answer

Surgical teams face enough challenges in their day-to-day routines. While equipment variation in the OR is common, and sometimes necessary, it can also cause unplanned complications.

Varying surgical tables often means different accessories that usually aren’t compatible or interchangeable.1 This not only causes confusion and delays when locating the proper equipment but can also result in adverse events.

Surgeons in an operating room

…perioperative nurses agree that surgical table standardization benefits proficiency, patient safety, staff satisfaction, and adverse events.2

Over the last two decades, optimization of the operating room (OR) through standardization of supplies, equipment, technology, and layout has been a successful strategy to3, 4:

Decrease average procedure times

Improve OR scheduling

Reduce fatigue and accidents

Standardization represents an opportunity to eliminate unnecessary complexity so that treatment environments are safer for both patients and staff.5

When a facility uses the same surgical table in each OR, staff training can be standardized, consistent, and simple.2 This enables caregivers to handle surgical tables and accessories with an extra boost of confidence. 

…perioperative nurses agree that surgical table standardization benefits proficiency, patient safety, staff satisfaction, and adverse events.2

Could your OR benefit from the simplicity of standardization?

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  1. Hospital Bed Manufacturing Industry report. IBISWorld. Published January 29, 2022. Accessed June 25, 2022.
  2. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). Standardized Surgical Table Portfolio For Improved Efficiency, Safer Patient Care, and Team Satisfaction. Published June 2022. Accessed June 25, 2022.
  3. Zepeda-Lugo C, Tlapa D, Baez-Lopez Y, et al. Assessing the impact of lean healthcare on inpatient care: a systematic review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2020;17(15):5609. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155609.
  4. Skjold-Ødegaard B, Søreide K. Standardization in surgery: friend or foe? Journal of British Surgery. 2020;107(9):1094-6. DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11573.
  5. Leotsakos A, Zheng H, Croteau R, Loeb JM, Sherman H, Hoffman C et al. Standardization in patient safety: the WHO High 5s project. Int J Qual Health Care. 2014; 26: 109–116. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu010.
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