Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology: Open Access

Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Publications

• Research Article   
  Inauguration of a Successful Block Room at a Tertiary Care Facility: Different Plans and a Different Outcome
  Author(s): Yasser Hammad*, Yasser Reda, Mohamed Elarref, Abderrazak Sahraoui, Dhari Almenshid, Kamakshi Gunasekaran and Nabil Shallik
  
  Establishing a block room or dedicated space outside the operating theatres for performing regional anesthesia techniques is reported to improve patients' clinical care, satisfaction, enhance teaching and education and cost effect regarding saving operating room hours. In this article, the author represents two trials for establishing a successful block room at a tertiary care facility. By demonstration, the Plan-Do-Study-Act model for quality improvement, the essential components, and necessary actions were recognized and done over two years' timeframe. The number of patients receiving regional anesthesia in the block room increased significantly from 85 to around 200 after one year of operation. Then, it reached stability towards the end of the study period. The total no of patients who received regional anesthesia increased in 2018 compared to 2017 from 1800 (9%) to 2324 (1.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/jcao.2020.4.119

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