Operating theatre time, where does it all go?
Medicine and Science from The BMJ
December 19, 20146m 18s
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Show Notes
Waiting times in theatre can be a source of friction – but is the delay due to mandatory anaesthetic faff around time (MAFAT), or AWOL surgeons?
Elizabeth Travis, and orthopaedic house officer in New Zealand and colleagues, have been trying to create and evidence base to argue the toss, and she joins me now to discuss her study, Operating theatre time, where does it all go?
Read the full research:
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7182