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Operating-theatre instrument inventory forecast

CuratedPilotEmerging evidence

Reviewed for completeness and published to the Library.

Forecasts daily surgical-instrument demand from the elective schedule and historical usage, prioritising sterilisation cycles and reorder windows.

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Clinical context
Clinical problem
Optimise a process
Point of care
Back office
Nature of AI output
A prioritised list
Clinical specialty
Operations & administration
Care setting
Back office
Patient population
Surgical caseload across the operating theatre department.
Intended use
Forecasts daily surgical-instrument demand from the elective schedule and historical usage, prioritising sterilisation cycles and reorder windows.
Technology
AI technique
Classical machine learning, Statistical model
Input data
Structured EHR data, Claims / administrative data
Output type
Prioritisation / schedule
Autonomy level
Informs a human (advisory)
Model provenance
Built in-house
Model version
inv-1.0
Built on a general-purpose model
No
Deployment
Status
Pilot
Country
Spain
Deployment date
10 April 2025
Sites
1
Regulatory & governance
EU AI Act risk tier
Minimal risk
High-risk basis
Not applicable
Medical device
No
EU MDR class
Not a device
CE marking
Not required
FDA status
Not applicable
ISO 14971 risk class
Low
GDPR processing basis
Legitimate interest
GDPR DPIA
Not required
Data identifiability
Anonymised
Explainability method
Intrinsic
Human oversight model
Sterilisation lead reviews the daily plan before publishing.
NICE evidence standards
ESF tier
Tier A — system / service
Evidence category
Category 1
Performance summary
Headline metric
Time saved
Value
8
Subgroup performance assessed
No
Known bias signals

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Evidence records

Studies and evaluations attached to this use case.

  • Retrospective validation

    Accuracy: 0.92

    Population: 12-month historical OR caseload

Contributors

Deploying organisation
[demo] Hospital Clínic de Barcelona · Hospital / health system · Spain
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