Obtaining day-of-surgery written surgical consent is associated with first-case delay
Same day consent signing among patients arriving for surgery from home may cause significant operating theatre start time delays. In addition to ethical reasons, obtaining consent in the preoperative area should be avoided to improve preoperative efficiency.
Authors
- Anthony W. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2790-4945)
- Sean C. Wightman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6752-4437)
- Tsehay Abebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2032-282X)
- Li Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8565-430X)
- Takashi Harano
- Victoria Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5072-9903)
- Baddr A. Shakhsheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-6771)
- Scott M. Atay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-6746)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Chicago Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Perioperative Practice
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589251377667
- Primary Topic
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00