title: Innovative solutions: does preadmission testing prevent delays for first-case starts?
abstract: This article describes a quality improvement project performed to determine if preadmission testing prevents patient delays for first-case starts in the operating room. Factors related to delays in first-case starts in the operating room were examined to determine if any of those factors could be affected by patients undergoing preadmission testing. This article presents the results.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Services at Norton Audubon Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Gailann.reynolds@nortonhealthcare.org
authors.forename: Gailann Williamson
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014481:United States