The Productive Operating Theatre

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The Productive Operating Theatre helps theatre teams to work more effectively together to improve the quality of patient experience, the safety and outcomes of surgical services, the effective use of theatre time and staff experience. This focus on quality and safety helps theatres run more productively and efficiently, which subsequently can lead to significant financial savings.

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Modules

Modules

  • zip file
  • 50 MB
  • 15 pages

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Consumables and Equipment – pdf
Executive Leaders Guide – pdf
Handover – pdf
Knowing How We Are Doing – pdf
Operational Status at a Glance – pdf
Patient Preparation – pdf
Patient Turnaround – pdf
Programme Leaders Guide – pdf
Recovery – pdf
Scheduling – pdf
Session Start-up – pdf
Team Working – pdf
Toolkit – pdf
Well Organised Theatre – pdf

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Executive Leader's Guide

Executive Leader's Guide

  • zip file
  • 2 MB
  • 3 pages

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This compressed file contains:

Critical Success Factors – powerpoint file
Critical Success Factors – word file
Safety Attitudes Questionnaire – pdf

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Knowing how we are doing

Knowing how we are doing

  • zip file
  • 5 MB
  • 7 pages

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This compressed file contains:

Driver diagrams – powerpoint
Email essentials: how to grow your mailing list – pdf
Measures Checklist – pdf
Measures Workshop – powerpoint
Measures Review Session
Progress review meeting template

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Operational Status at a Glance Board Audit

Operational Status at a Glance Board Audit

  • Microsoft Word
  • 31 KB

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Programme Leaders Guide

Programme Leaders Guide

  • zip file
  • 4 MB
  • 6 pages

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Core images – powerpoint
Module Action Planner – pdf
Planning your programme team – word
Programme planner – excel
The Productive Operating Theatre house – pdf
Visioning workshop plan – pdf

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Team Working

Team Working

  • zip file
  • 666 KB
  • 2 pages

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This compressed file contains:

Safety Attitudes Questionnaire – score aggregation – excel
Safety Attitudes Questionnaire – pdf

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Toolkit

Toolkit

  • zip file
  • 10 MB
  • 15 pages

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This compressed file contains:

No 4 Waterfall diagram – excel
Toolkit 5 Activity follow data entry template Surgeon – excel
Toolkit 5 Activity follow data entry template theatre assistant – excel
Toolkit 5 Activity follow printable sheet anaesthetist – excel
Toolkit 5 Activity follow printable sheet Nurse – excel
Toolkit 5 Activity follow printable sheet surgeon – excel
Toolkit 5 Activity follow printable sheet theatre assistant – excel
Toolkit 10 5S Game number sheets – pdf
Toolkit 13 Detailed module action planner – excel
WR Toolkit 3 Audit planner – excel
WR Toolkit 5 Activity follow data entry template Nurse ODP – excel
WR Toolkit 5 Activity follow data entry template anaesthetist – excel
WR Toolkit 6 Video waste walk sheet – word
WR Toolkit 13 Module Action Planner – word
WR Toolkit 16 Timing Processes Sheet – word

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Well Organised Theatre

Well Organised Theatre

  • zip file
  • 3 MB
  • 6 pages

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This compressed file contains:

5S Game handout – powerpoint
5S Inventory Sheet – pdf
Activity follow sheet – excel
Completed activity follow – excel
Incorrectly completed activity follow – excel
Video waste walk sheet – pdf