Table 1 Types of information searched in the selected corpus of articles
From: Approaches to the rationalization of surgical instrument trays: scoping review and research agenda
Type | Extracted contents |
|---|---|
Bibliometric information | Authors; journal; JCR Impact factor; year of publication; country where the study was developed |
Surgical specialty | Specialties considered in the study |
Actors | Professional profiles of those involved in improvement initiatives |
Approach | Type of approach used in improvement initiatives (e.g., based on lean principles, linear programming and heuristics or expert analysis) |
Rationalization/ optimization techniques | Techniques used within the adopted approach and results obtained |
Barriers and challenges | Main barriers for implementation of techniques and challenges that emerged |
Future research | Main knowledge gaps |