Abstract:Background: : Transferring the patient to the operating room (OR) and back to the ward should be performed in the shortest time possible. Objectives: : We aimed to identify and classify different delays at our center and the possible factors associated with them. Methods: : We investigated 46 patients scheduled for elective orthopedic surgery at Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, from July 2017 to March 2018. Results: : Studying the time points showed that the main gap times included: T1 (when the surgical te… Show more
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