Hey guys,
How long is turnover time where you all work, and do you have trouble meeting it?
Our director has told us that turnover is expected to be 15-20 min. Turnover meaning from the time patient A leaves the room to the time patient B enters the room....oh, please, it takes 10 min just to clean the room and that's if all the attendants come as soon as we call it overhead.
Honestly guys, I almost always have all my stuff together and ready for the next case but the only times I can make that 15-20 min turnover is when I do the super simple cases. All the other times, even when I have my instruments/gloves/suture/meds ready to go, I still have to reverse the bed or balance the microscope or change out the bed altogether or move equipment, all stuff I couldn't do ahead of time. And we are chroncially short-staffed so there isn't a third body to help with turnover.