Prioritization of operating room maintenance factors with fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

Abstract

Operating rooms are one of the most critical units of hospitals and, therefore, the health system. Managers need to keep the effectiveness of these units at a high level. Since the results of operating room performance directly affect patient health, maintenance in these priority areas must be carried out regularly and properly. For this reason, it is necessary to determine the factors affecting the planned maintenance strategy and to prevent the adverse effects that these factors may cause. This required maintenance increases the economic life of the expensive equipment in the operating rooms and ensures the continuity of the use of the operating rooms. In this study, the factors influencing the maintenance processes of operating rooms were identified, and their impact on the performance of these rooms was evaluated. In this evaluation phase, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy method was used. According to the results obtained, suggestions were made to hospital managers.