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Table 7 Percent of surgical cases with a delay by case-type (IP vs. OP)

From: Observed rates of surgical instrument errors point to visualization tasks as being a critically vulnerable point in sterile processing and a significant cause of lost chargeable OR minutes

 

Variables

Est. range of % delays

Case-type

Total cases (TC)

Total cases with errors (TCE)

Total cases with delay data (TCDD)

Cases with a delay (CD)

% delays (Low) (CD/TCE) x (TCE/TC)

% delays (High) (CD/TCDD ) x (TCE/TC)

Inpatient

110

47

34

24

21.82%

30.16%

Outpatient

448

100

69

35

7.81%

11.32%