Practical Operating Theatre Management

Jaideep J. Pandit is Consultant Anaesthetist at Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Professor and Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, where he teaches Physiology. He has been awarded prestigious professorships and lectureships, including the Macintosh Professorship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists 2011, Visiting Professor at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 2018, Jobson Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney and USP Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2017. He is an elected Member of Council at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and 2015–18 Clinical Advisor to NHS England's New Care Models.

Foreword Andy Hardy; Preface; 1. Introduction and scope of book Jaideep J. Pandit; 2. Defining 'efficiency' Jaideep J. Pandit; 3. Defining 'productivity' Jaideep J. Pandit; 4. Case scheduling Jaideep J. Pandit; 5. Capacity planning Jaideep J. Pandit; 6. Staffing and contracts Jaideep J. Pandit; 7. Theatre finances Jaideep J. Pandit; 8. Pre-operative patient preparation Jaideep J. Pandit; 9. Operating theatre management in New Zealand Cameron C. R. Buchanan; 10. Operating theatre management in Japan Yoshinori Nakata; 11. Operating theatre management in two European countries André van Zundert and Thomas Sieber; 12. Operating theatre management in Australia André van Zundert; 13. Operating theatre management in the United States Emily B. Goldenberg and Alex Macario; 14. Clinical governance and safety in theatres Meghana Pandit; 15. Summary and overview Peter H. J. Müller; Index.