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Week Four Response to LaTorella
Clearly, the impact of emergency surgeries affects the operating room (O.R.) budget, not secondary to supply expense, in addition, there is a cost to staff for emergent cases. There are numerous strategies to assist in budgeting for unanticipated surgical cases. The ability to assess trends based on emergency department (ED) volume and historical surgical volume that originated in the will assist the O.R. manager is calculating a projection for emergent surgical cases for the upcoming fiscal year (Baker & Baker, 2014). In addition, there are hospitals which have incorporated a dedicated O.R. for emergency procedures. Consequently, implementation of a dedicated O.R. for emergent cases resulted in decreased wait

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