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Is Your OR Running as Efficiently as It Should Be?

Most ORs aren’t struggling with one big issue. It’s a dozen small breakdowns across staffing, reprocessing and equipment, and they compound fast.

This quick assessment takes less than two minutes. Check every item that sounds familiar. At the end, a tally will show where your OR stands and what to do next.

OR Efficiency Self-Assessment

Workflow & Throughput

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Analyzing responses...

What we see in hospitals like yours

Workflow breakdowns rarely have a single cause. In most ORs we work with, turnover delays and case start issues trace back to a disconnect between the OR and sterile processing — two teams working hard but not in sync. When that gap closes, the entire schedule tightens.

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Analyzing responses...

Wow, thats impressive

Most hospitals have at least one of these issues in their OR's. Way to be ahead of the game on this!

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Staffing & Stability

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Reviewing your staffing picture...

The hidden cost most hospitals don't track

Clinical staff spend an estimated 15-20% of their time on tasks outside their core role — instrument handling, equipment troubleshooting, operational coordination. That time belongs to patients. Staffing instability compounds the problem because every new person who cycles in resets the clock on institutional knowledge.

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Reviewing your staffing picture...

Wow, thats impressive

Most hospitals have at least one of these issues in their OR's. Way to be ahead of the game on this!

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Instruments & Equipment

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Assessing your equipment and instrument data...

Reactive repair is one of the most controllable costs in the OR

Hospitals that shift from reactive to preventive equipment management typically see repair costs drop 40-50% in the first year. The bigger issue is fragmented vendor relationships — when no one owns the whole picture, small problems become expensive ones. A vendor-neutral approach to instrument and equipment management changes that dynamic entirely.

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Assessing your equipment and instrument data...

Wow, thats impressive

Most hospitals have at least one of these issues in their OR's. Way to be ahead of the game on this!

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Operational Alignment

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Mapping your results across four categories...

One thing we've learned after working inside hundreds of ORs

The hospitals that improve fastest aren't necessarily the ones with the biggest problems. They're the ones where someone on the inside decided to bring the data forward. That's exactly what you just did.

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Mapping your results across four categories...

Wow, thats impressive

Most hospitals have at least one of these issues in their OR's. Way to be ahead of the game on this!

Your results are now ready to view

Not consulting. Not staffing. Something else entirely.

Not This

  • A consultant who hands over a report and leaves
  • A staffing agency placing bodies without accountability
  • A vendor with a financial interest in selling capital equipment
  • Another layer added on top of an already stretched team

This

  • An embedded team that owns the operational work
  • Certified staff accountable for financial and operational outcomes
  • Full workflow and equipment optimization, no vendor bias
  • Backfill within five business days if a team member leaves

79%

Reduction in monthly scope repairs

$1M

First-year savings, endoscopy service line

93%

Reduction of Unused Trays Rate

112

Additional surgical cases in year two

"The willingness to help and be team players is astounding. A team that can help translate non-clinical issues into language for clinical staff."
— Materials Manager, Regional Hospital
"They provide excellent and prompt support to the surgeons for equipment issues and supplies. Very knowledgeable — they know the instruments well."
— Surgeon, Large Metropolitan Hospital

Ready to talk about what this looks like in your department?

A 15-minute OR Efficiency Review helps identify where the gaps are and what a stabilized operation could realistically look like for your facility.

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