OR opening | 8:00 | | Personal communication with staff |
OR closing (day time) | 16:00 | | Personal communication with staff |
OR closing (Friday) | 14:00 | | Personal communication with staff |
OR closing (night shift) | 21:00 | | Personal communication with staff |
Number of ORs open per week | 2 OR day time and 1 OR evening shift. Weekends: 1 OR daytime and 1 OR evening shift | | Expert opinion |
Patient arrival | | Poisson | OR scheduling system |
Time from Emergency Department to OR | 5 hours for hip-fracture patients and 3.5 hours for other non-elective patients | | Patient records |
Simulated actual surgical procedure time | All patient time included. Included surgical preparation as cleaning and anaesthesia, ie, preprocedure and postprocedure | Lognormal | OR scheduling system |
Simulated planned surgical procedure time | Mean (all patient time included) | | OR scheduling system |
Turnover time | The turnover time including postprocedure and preprocedure of two subsequent surgical cases was estimated to be 60–90 min | | Expert opinion |
Prioritisation (hip-fracture patients vs other non-elective patients) | (a) If hip <24 h and other <36 h then hip priority | | Expert opinion |
(b) If hip <24 h and other >36 h then other priority | | |
(c) If hip >24 h and other >36 h then hip priority | | |
(d) If other >36 h and postponed then other priority | | |