Patient Safety Incident Reporting in Sterile Processing: A Systems Perspective

Autor: Gabriel C. Segarra, Connor Lusk, Ken Catchpole, Michael Rayo, Kevin Taaffe, Lawrence Fredendall, Elise DeForest, Christine Jeffries, Morgan Reynolds

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 66:1732-1736

After use, surgical instruments are sent to a Sterile Processing Department (SPD) or facility to be cleaned, reorganized, maintained, sterilized and stored for eventual re-use. Though essential for safe, efficient and cost-effective surgical delivery

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661064

Proactive Evaluation of an Operating Room Prototype: A Simulation-Based Modeling Approach

Autor: Kevin Taaffe, Scott Reeves, Anjali Joseph, David Allison, Amin Khoshkenar, Herminia Machry

Publikováno v: Journal of Patient Safety. 17:e1833-e1839

OBJECTIVES There is a pressing need to improve safety and efficiency in the operating room (OR). Postsurgical adverse events, such as surgical site infections and surgical flow disruption, occur at a significant rate in industrial countries where a c

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https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000000693

Simulating the effects of operating room staff movement and door opening policies on microbial load

Autor: Mary Grace Stachnik, Alfredo M. Carbonell, Alexis Fiore, Taliyah Smith, Robert Allen, Emily Glover, Lawrence D. Fredendall, Kevin Taaffe, Marisa Shehan

Publikováno v: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 42:1071-1075

Objective:To identify factors that increase the microbial load in the operating room (OR) and recommend solutions to minimize the effect of these factors.Design:Observation and sampling study.Setting:Academic health center, public hospitals.Methods:W

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https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1359

A Case Study in Line Balancing and Simulation

Autor: Kevin Taaffe, Apurva Patel, Chase Wentzky, Nicole Zero, Mary E. Kurz, Adarsh Jeyes, Chelsea Spence, Alexis Fiore, Joshua D. Summers, I. Ozan Yilmazlar

Publikováno v: Procedia Manufacturing. 48:71-81

Assembly line balancing (ALB) allocates individual tasks to work stations while respecting the physical, safety, and quality constraints. Two-sided assembly lines are generally used in the production of medium or large-sized products (e.g. automotive

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.05.076

Impact of Surgical Table Orientation on Flow Disruptions and Movement Patterns during Pediatric Outpatient Surgeries

Autor: Sahar Mihandoust, Vishnunarayan Girishan Prabhu, David M. Neyens, Anjali Joseph, David Allison, Scott Reeves, Kevin Taaffe

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 15
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 8114, p 8114 (2021)

(1) Background: The surgical table within a typical ambulatory surgery operating room is frequently rotated and placed in different orientations to facilitate surgery or in response to surgeon preferences. However, different surgical table orientatio

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