Characterization of the departmental surgical activity at Aleida Fernández Chardiet Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Quality and security in health care is a binomial that shows results in both parts. Security is not possible without quality. La calidad permite disminuir los riesgos, en las unidades de atención médica. La eficacia es parte de la humanidad, no se evaluaba con los métodos y herramientas disponibles. 

Objective:  To characterize the departmental surgical activity at ¨Aleida Fernández Chardiet¨ Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital.

Methods:  An observational descriptive longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out. It was characterized by the departmental surgical activity in 2019. The necessary information for this research was obtained from the Statistical Department and from the acts of the Surgical Interventions of the Assessment Committee.  The universe of this study was formed by the total of surgeries performed by the surgery department hospital which were 4 789. 

Results: The 75.9 % were surgeries, from them ambulatory surgeries prevailed with a  74.4 %. In minor surgeries, the urgent ones prevailed with a 83.3 %. The General Surgery Service had the highest productivity with 2019 surgeries for a 42.2 %. The monthly productivity was better in the first semester with a 58.2 %. The index of reoperations by the Service of Surgery was of 1.5.

Conclusions: The department fulfills with the surgical indicators, in 2019, minor ambulatory surgeries diminish, a low index of reoperations and an average daily productivity per operating room of 3.12 patients were achieved.