title: Increasing surgical throughput in a busy day procedure unit.
abstract: In August 2001 the Mater Hospital in Belfast opened a new day procedures unit. The unit comprises an admissions area, two theatres, an endoscopy suite and a 23-bed ward, with one theatre almost solely dedicated to ophthalmic surgery. There are three consultant ophthalmologists who currently perform cataract, orbital, corneal, vitreoretinal and plastic surgery on a regular basis. In the four years that the unit has been running we have had a 57% increase in ophthalmic day case surgery.
authors.affiliation: Day Procedures Unit, Mater Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McColgan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019091:Critical Pathways; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009660:Northern Ireland; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000458:organization & administration*