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Standardization of laparoscopic trays using an inventory optimization model to produce immediate cost savings and efficiency gains

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  • Jay Toor
  • Ajay Shah
  • Aazad Abbas
  • Jin Tong Du
  • Erin Kennedy

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Perioperative services comprise a large portion of hospital budgets; the procurement and processing of surgical inventories can be an area for optimization in operational inefficiency. Surgical instrument trays can be customized as procedure-specific or standardized as trays that can be used in numerous procedure types. We conducted an interventional study to determine the cost savings from standardizing laparoscopic surgery instrument trays. A single-period inventory optimization model was used to determine the configuration of a standardized laparoscopic (SL) tray and its minimal stock quantity (MSQ). Utilization of instruments on the general surgery, gynecology, and gynecological oncology trays was recorded, and daily demand for trays (mean, SD) was assessed using daily operating room (OR) case lists. Pre- and post-intervention costs were evaluated by reviewing procurement data and quantifying medical device reprocessing (MDR) and OR processes. The SL tray was trialled in the OR to test clinical safety and user satisfaction. Prior to standardization, the customized trays had a total inventory size of 391 instruments (mean instruments per tray: 17, range: 12–22). Daily demand was an MSQ of 23 trays. This corresponded to a procurement cost of $322,160 and reprocessing cost of $41,725. The SL tray (mean instruments per tray: 15, mean trays/day: 9.2 ± 3.2) had an MSQ of 17 trays/day. The total inventory decreased to 255 instruments, corresponding to a procurement cost of $266,900 with savings of $55,260 and reprocessing cost of $41,562 with savings of $163/year. After 33 trial surgeries, user satisfaction improved from 50% to 97% (p

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  • Jay Toor & Ajay Shah & Aazad Abbas & Jin Tong Du & Erin Kennedy, 2022. "Standardization of laparoscopic trays using an inventory optimization model to produce immediate cost savings and efficiency gains," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(12), pages 1-9, December.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276377
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