OpFlow results featured in two studies on instrument tray optimization at 2021 SAVS annual meeting

Scientific Meeting Pres
Written By Ben Wood
 

SUMMARY: Analysis of actual instrument usage collected by OpFlow demonstrated that procedure-based trays are the most efficient design, and surgeon-named trays led to the greatest amount of inefficiencies for the hospital.

 
 

SUMMARY: OpFlow demonstrated that instrument tray usage for Cardiothoracic surgery cases was on average 23.7%, and an analytics-driven approach to instrument tray optimization enabled a 49.3% reduction of excess instruments for the service line.

 
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