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Abstract
Summary
Day surgery system is admitting and discharging patients on the
same calendar day, those who do not require inpatient services, and are
usually discharged between one and six hours following the surgery .This
advantage for day surgery system leads to effective bed utilization
through out saving bed days.
The aim of current study was to assess the day surgery system
and its relation to the effective bed utilization at the general surgical
departments.
The study involved 50 staff surgeons working in five surgical
units, and with at least two years experience, 2500 patients records who
had been all admitted throughout the previous year (2003/2004) in five
surgical units, and 500 patients admission through three months in five
surgical units at Mansoura University Hospitals.
Data were collected by the following tools :-
1) Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Appropriateness Opinionnaire
(surgeons opinionnaire).
42) Patient’s Length of Stay ( P .L.O.S) auditing form.
43) Patient monitoring form (A.E.P).
A pilot study was carried out to test the study tools, and
accordingly necessary modifications were done. It also had helped in
estimating the time needed for each tool.