doortooperating
Door-to-operating, or door-to-OR time, is a medical performance metric used to evaluate how quickly a patient receives surgical intervention after arriving at a hospital. It measures the interval from a patient’s arrival at the emergency department or hospital (the door) to the start of an operative procedure in the operating room (the OR).
The metric is applied mainly to time-sensitive surgical emergencies where rapid intervention can affect outcomes, such
Several factors influence door-to-operating times. Preoperative stabilization, rapid diagnostic imaging and lab testing, preparation of anesthesia,
Benchmarks and targets for door-to-OR time are not universal; they differ by condition, institution, and country.
Limitations include variability in how DTO is defined, differences in patient triage, and the influence of