Engineering

Surgery

Operations management

Tray

Medicine

Mechanical engineering

Journal of Surgical Research

Operating room efficiency can be compromised because of surgical instrument processing delays. We observed that many instruments in a standardized tray were not routinely used during thyroid and parathyroid surgery at our institution. Our objective was to create a streamlined instrument tray to optimize operative efficiency and cost.

Reducing cost and improving operating room efficiency: examination of surgical instrument processing