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The effect of boarders on emergency department process flow
Eoin Fogarty1, Jean Saunders2, Fergal Cummins3
1Emergency Department, University of Limerick Hospital, Limerick, Ireland.
Background:
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding with boarders and waiting times are a significant concern in many countries.
Objective:
We aim to show the relationship between boarders in the ED and the percentage time to disposition in under 6 h for our ED patients.
Method:
A review was carried out to show the percentage of patients presenting to the ED compliant with a 6-h standard per day compared to the number of attendances, the number of admissions to the hospital, and the number of boarders in the ED per day.
Results:
Over the 2-year study period, there was an average 0.37% fall in the ED's rate of compliance per day, with a 6-h standard for each boarder in the ED.
Conclusion:
Boarding patients in the ED has a negative effect on compliance with our 6-h standard of time to disposition.
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