title: How Does TeamSTEPPS Affect Operating Room Efficiency?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) on operating room efficiency for the otolaryngology service at a tertiary care medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective database review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Otolaryngology department at tertiary care medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  To assess the impact of implementing an evidence-based patient safety initiative, TeamSTEPPS, on operating room efficiency in the otolaryngology department, the operative times, time lost to delayed starts, and turnover times during the year following the implementation of TeamSTEPPS were compared with the values from the prior year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study compared 1322 cases and 644 turnovers in the year prior to TeamSTEPPS implementation with 1609 cases and 769 turnovers in the following year. There were no statistically significant decreases in operating room efficiency in the year after the TeamSTEPPS rollout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Operating room efficiency was preserved after the rollout of a rigorous evidence-based patient safety initiative that requires active participation from all operating room team members.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shams
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas, USA nscalzit@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Scalzitti
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: N Scott
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maturo
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010348:Patient Care Team; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: TeamSTEPPS; operating room efficiency; quality improvement