Quality Assurance for Operating Room Illumination through Lean Six Sigma

Yucel Ozturkoglu,Muhittin Sagnak,Yigit Kazancoglu,Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

doi:10.33889/ijmems.2021.6.3.045

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Abstract

Since every mistake made in the healthcare industry can cause permanent harm or even death, some fundamental requirements should be considered when planning and designing operating rooms. Lighting is one of the most important ergonomic factors, especially for operating rooms. This paper investigates the integration of the lean approach and six sigma in measuring the efficiency of LED technology, which can also be regarded as a factor affecting the operating room efficiency. Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and Gage Control methods were applied to determine measurement variability in operating room illumination measurement process. Repeatability and reproducibility (%R&R) was found 12.89%. After calibration, %R&R value was found 8.21%, which implies that calibration helped reduce variability.

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Today's health technologies are advancing, there is a still relationship between patient health and the performance of the surgery in the healthcare system
It is limited to the equipment and machines that doctors use, but lighting is important for ergonomic attributes because there is a fact that almost 80% of external stimuli affect eyes (Budhiraja, 2010)
In healthcare systems, there is a direct relationship between surgery performance and patient health

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Today's health technologies are advancing, there is a still relationship between patient health and the performance of the surgery in the healthcare system. Due to the fact that, any failure or mistake in the healthcare system can cause irrevocable and devastating damages on patients individually and groups alike as lives and quality of life are at risk (Ahmed et al, 2019). In the healthcare sector, providing safe, reliable and affordable care while improving efficiency and performance remains a challenge (Brackett et al, 2013; Deblois and Lepanto, 2016; Hallam and Contreras, 2018). It is necessary to cooperate with a multidisciplinary approach to enhance both the quality and performance of the work done by surgery.

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